A writer who lived in this city was defended from treason charges thanks to a poem by his friend Venantius Fortunatus.
A writer who lived in this city was defended from treason charges thanks to a poem by his friend Venantius Fortunatus. That writer from this city used the line "Nero and Herod of our time" to attack a king who killed his wife Galswintha at the behest of his mistress Fredegund. A man with a shrine in this city left the Roman army by saying "I am a soldier of Christ--I cannot fight" and once legendarily cut his military cloak in half to share with a beggar who was Jesus in disguise. That man who became bishop here was (*) Martin.  Another religious leader here wrote the twenty hagiographies collected in Lives of the Fathers, as well as ten books of histories that offer a Constantine-like depiction of Clovis' conversion to Christianity. The author of the Historia Francorum was a bishop of this city named Gregory. For 10 points, what French city names a 732 victory for Charles Martel?
A writer who lived in this city was defended from treason charges thanks to a poem by his friend Venantius Fortunatus.
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