Gregory of Tours and the ghost of Armentaria

Record summary

Gregory of Tours’ Histories and related works contain accounts of visions, revenants, miraculous signs, disturbed graves, and encounters with the dead within a Christian historiographical framework. Specific episodes, including stories connected with named clergy, martyrs, and local communities, can be traced through book and chapter references rather than treated as a single haunting case. The material matters for comparing witness authority, ecclesiastical interpretation, and place-based memory in late antiquity. Gregory’s theological aims, compilation practices, and reliance on oral testimony complicate literal evidentiary readings.