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Childeric, King of the Franks

CHILDERICO, RE DEI FRANCHI

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Also known as: German: Childerich I.; Childeric I; French: Childéric Ier; Latin: Childericus

CHILDERIC, King of the Franks. - Son of Merovech, d. around 481 at Tournai. Still very young, he set out to subdue the other barbarian peoples settled in Aquitaine and Belgica, against whose power the will of the Salian Franks to predominate clashed. To carry out his plans of conquest, he allied himself with Aegidius, a Roman captain, and with his help defeated the Visigoths at Orléans in 463. Subsequently he absorbed into his own forces those of the Roman Aetius and won the brilliant victory of Angers against the Avars in 469. Besides excellent warlike qualities, C. showed notable capacity as a statesman. He was tolerant toward the Christians, though resisting the urgings of his wife Basina, who pressed him toward Catholicism.

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BIBL.: W. Junghans, Die Geschichte der fränkischen Könige Childerich und Clodowsch, Göttingen 1857; Gregory of Tours, Historia Francorum, in MGH, Script. rerum Merov., I, 1.

Emma Santovito

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 1535.

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Santovito, Emma. “Childerico, re dei franchi.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 1535. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/childerico-re-dei-franchi.

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Santovito, Emma. “Childerico, re dei franchi.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1535. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/childerico-re-dei-franchi.

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  author    = {Santovito, Emma},
  title     = {Childerico, re dei franchi},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {1535},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/childerico-re-dei-franchi}
}

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