[153] Gregorius Tur., Hist. Franc. bk 3, ch. 7; Fortunatus, Vita, ch. 2-4.
[154] Giesebrecht, W., Fränkische Geschichte des Gregorius, 1851, appendix.
[155] Fortunatus, Vita, ch. 3.
[156] Ibid., ch. 10.
[157] Ibid., ch. 5.
[158] Baudonivia, Vita, ch. 2.
[159] A. SS. Boll., St Medardus, June 8.
[160] Commentators are much exercised by this summary breaking of the marriage tie; some urge that Radegund’s union had not been blessed by the Church. In the A. SS. it is argued that the Gallic bishop Medardus in pronouncing her divorce acted in ignorance of certain canons of the Church.
[161] Fortunatus, Vita, c. 10.
[162] Ibid., ch. 11; Baudonivia, Vita, ch. 6.