Gregory of Tours
a Frankish a town (1250) Greifswald joined the historian; born in Arverna (now Cler- Hanseatic League. At the peace of Westmont), Auvergne, France, about 540. phalia (1648) it came into the possession He belonged to one of the most distin- of Sweden; but together with the whole guished Roman families of Gaul. Origin- of Swedish Pomerania was ceded to ally called Georgius Florentius, he assumed the name Gregory out of respect for his mother's grandfather, Gregory, Bishop of Langres. He was educated by his uncle, Gallus, Bishop of Clermont, and after his death by Avitus, a priest of his native town. Upon his recovery from a severe sickness Gregory resolved to devote himself solely to the service of the Church, and by the choice of the clergy and people and favor of Sigbert, King of Austrasia, to whom Auvergne had fallen on the death of Clothan I. in 561, he became Bishop of Tours in 573.
He gave himself zealously to his sacred office and the public good. In the strugbetween Sigbert and his wife Brunhilda on the one side against Chilperic and his wife Fredegond on the other he took the side of the former, and in the vicissitudes of a conflict in which Tours frequently changed masters had to suffer many persecutions. After the death of Chilperic he enjoyed great influence over his successors, Guntram and Childebert II.
His fame rests on his "History, or Annals," the chief authority for the his tory of Gaul in the 6th century. He died in Tours, France, Nov. 17, 594.
Prussia in 1815. Pop. about 25,000.
GREIZ (grīts), a capital of the Germerly seat of its prince; on the White man republic of Reuss-Greiz, and for- Elster, 47 miles S. S. W. of Leipsic. It contains three castles and a 13th-century church, and manufactures cotton and woolen goods , also cashmere and shawls, and possesses dyeworks and linen-printing ing establishments. The town was seravaged by fire in 1494, and again in 1802.
Pop. about 23,000. volcanic origin in the British West GRENADA (gre-nā'dä), an island of Indies, lying N. by W. from Trinidad; area, 133 square miles; pop. 67,000.
Some of the craters in the central ridge of mountains, rising to 3,000 feet, have been transformed into large lakes; streams and mineral springs abound; there are several good natural harbors.
The inhabitants, who are almost all negroes, cultivate cocoa, coffee, and oranges; a little rum is manufactured, and spices and fruits are grown. Capital and headquarters of the government of the Windward Islands, St. George's. Grenada has been a crown colony since 1885; previous GRENFALL to that date it had a constitutional government. Columbus was the discoverer of the island in 1498.