Northmen kill the Bishop of Nantes and many others of the clergy celebrating a baptism during Easter.

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Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Northmen/Varangian/Viking Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Person) :	Origin: Frankish Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: religious figure, Direct Consequence: death
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Frankish Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: religious figure, Direct Consequence: death
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Regino of Prüm, Chronica (Regino) 853Regino of Prüm Chronica (Regino) 853 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Namnetum (Nantes)
Time Periode :	Carolingian Period
Century :	A.D. 9
Year :	A.D. 853
Month :	April
Day :	1
Weekday :	Saturday
Season :	Spring
Speed :	Fast
Context :	plunder ambush religious
Motivation :	tactical/strategical economical
Long-Term Consequence :	plunder destruction/devastation
Original Text :	Nortmanni Brittannicum mare navigio girantes ostia Ligeris fluminis occupaverunt et repentina irruptione civitatem Namnetis invadunt omniaque caedibus, incendiis ac rapinis depopulantes pontificem civitatis ipso die sabbato sancto paschae, cum baptismum ex more celebraret, in basilica interficiunt clerumque trucidant;
Translation :	-
Edition :	Reginonis abbatis Prumiensis - Chronica, In: R. Rau, Quellen zur karolingischen Reichsgeschichte 3 (FSGA 7), Darmstadt, 180-318.
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