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Dark Ages

St Sampson defies a queen

31st July 2026

Library Book Collection
6th century
Dark Ages
Religion

Limestone polychromatic statue of King Childebert from the Louvre via Creative Commons license

The redoubtable Queen Ultragotha tried to murder our saint, but she paid the price. A highly entertaining story from Pitre-Chevalier, La Bretagne, p. 120 (the Library has Edgar MacCulloch's own copy). This limestone statue of the Frankish King Childebert, founder of the Abbey of St-Germain-des-Prés, is in the Louvre Museum.¹

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Dark Ages

St Sampson defies a queen