Saint Gregory of Tours Vita Patrum. The Life of the Fathers Translated from English by Petrisor Ilina No writer in the Orthodox Christian West was more devoted to the Saints of Christ’s Church nor more prolific in their praises than St. Gregory, Bishop of Tours (539-594). Although he is chiefly known today for his History of the Franks, he is more important to Orthodox Christians for his eight Books of Miracles. The seventh of these he dedicated to the ascetic strugglers of his native Gaul (France), many of whom he knew personally and some of whom were his close relatives. This book he called Vita Patrum or The Life of the Fathers, as if the many Saints described therein led one life before God. A hagiographical classic, Vita Patrum ranks with the Lausiac History and the other great Patericon as a basic source-book of Orthodox Christian spirituality. Format: 13 x 20 cm, 368 p. ISBN: 973-7740-26-2 «« back