luithprand

Updated: June 24, 2025

Charles Martel sent Pepin, his son, to Luithprand, king of the Lombards, that he might cut his first locks, and by this ceremony hold for the future the place of his illustrious father. To make peace with Alaric, Clovis became his adopted son by offering his beard to be cut.

George M. (George Milbrey) Gould - Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine