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Tenebrae Refulgeant: Celestial Signa in Gregory of Tours (2012)

The Heroic Age: A Journal of Early Medieval Northwestern Europe
Volume: 15
Pages: approx. 7,400 words
Publication date: 2012
Language: English

Publication Date: 2012
Edition Details: Accessed at www.mun.ca/mst/heroicage/issues/15/halfond.php.

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Astrology Horoscopes Astronomy Science and religion Miracles Nature Signs and symbols Medieval 6th century Europe Gregory of Tours, Saint

Celestial portents appear frequently in the Historiae of Bishop Gregory of Tours (ca. 539--94). Gregory carefully distinguished between the interpretation of celestial signs and horoscopic astrology by describing signs as natural, albeit miraculous, elements of God's Creation.

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Description On the distinction that Gregory made between the interpretation of celestial signs and horoscopic astrology.

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