1235-00-00-Limoges
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| Date startStart date of the disease. | 1235 | + |
| Date endEnd date of the disease. | + | |
| SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter) | ||
| Date otherOther mentioned dates. | ||
| PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease. | ||
| RegionHistorical region(s) | Limoges | |
| CountryCurrent country | France | |
| RiverMentioned river(s) | ||
| Natural eventMentioned natural event(s) | ||
| PersonMentioned persons(s) | ||
| GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned | ||
| VictimIndication of victims | thousands absolute"Expression error: Unrecognized word "thousands"." is not a number. | + |
| AnimalMentioned animal(s) | ||
| DiseaseMentioned disease(s) | Ergotism | |
| Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave | ||
| Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease | ||
| LanguageLanguage of the original text | Latin | |
| KeywordFurther keyword(s) | Cemetery, Epidemics, Mass grave | |
| last edited | 19. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot. |
Outbreak of an epidemic in connection with ergotism in Limoges with mass graves.
Text originalOriginal text
Sequitur tanta mortalitas quod tam igne sacro quam a pestilentia multa milia hominum moriuntur. Ego una die semel in cimiterio Sancti Geraldi Lemovicensis vidi centum pauperes sepeliri; frequentius autem xxx. et l.
Text translationEnglish translation of the text
A mortality followed so that many thousands of people died, both from the sacred fire [ergotism] and from the pestilence. On one day, I myself saw a hundred poor people buried in the cemetery of Saint Gerald of Limoges; more frequently, however, thirty and fifty.
References
- ^ Gérard de Frachet : Chronicon Girardi de Fracheto et anonymam ejusdem operis continuatio . In: Recueil des historiens des Gaules et de la France. Nouvelle édition. Bd. 21: Contenant la deuxième livraison des monuments des règnes de Saint Louis, de Philippe le Hardi, de Philippe le Bel, de Louis X, de Philippe V et de Charles IV, depuis MCCXXVI, jusqu'en MCCCXXVIII (= Recueil des historiens des Gaules et de la France. Nouvelle édition ). Imprimerie impériale, Paris 1855 , pp. 1-70
- ^ Translation by Martin Bauch
