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CHILDEBERT I . (d. 558) was one of the four sons of Clovis. In the partition
realm
Burgundy
Macon
Provence
brothers
series of expeditions against the Visigoths of Spain; in 542 he took possession of Pampeluna with the help of his brother Clotaire I., and besieged Saragossa , but was forced to retreat . From this expedition he brought back to Paris a precious relic, the tunic of St Vincent, in honour of which he built at the gates of Paris the famous monastery of St Vincent, known later as St Germain-des-Pres. He died without issue in 558, and was buried in the abbey he had founded, where his tomb has been discovered.See " Nouveaux documents sur le tombeau de Childebert a Saint-Germain-des-Pres," in the Bulle'in de la Societe des Antiquaires (1887). End of Article: CHILDEBERT I If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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