Pippin dies at Saint-Denis
The annals report that Pippin reached Saint-Denis and died there on 24 September 768.
What this does and does not establish
Pinned revision 264822. The earlier 'Ibique' concerns his illness at Saintes; the quoted clause independently locates his death at Saint-Denis.
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- Region
- Europe
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- DCCLXVIII, VIII Kalendas Octobres
- How we use it
- Year-level placement is limited to the dated source entry.
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Dating notes from the research record
arf.wikitext line 91 gives [768] DCCLXVIII; line 95 dates the death VIII Kal. Octobr., or 24 September by Roman inclusive counting. Read lines 85–103, including the preceding campaign, illness, subsequent accessions, and neighboring annals. September is securely within Julian AD 768. Examined arf-edition.json and edition-response-la.json. Original quotation begins at line 95, character 11784.
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Sources and quoted text
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Annales regni Francorum
Frankish court annalists
Quoted text (Latin)
ad sanctum Dionisium usque pervenit ibique diem obiens finivit VIII. Kal. Octobr.AI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
He came as far as Saint-Denis, and there, dying, ended his days on the eighth day before the Kalends of October.
Source credit and reuse conditions recorded for this source: Annales regni Francorum https://la.wikisource.org/w/index.php?oldid=264822 Public-domain historical original. Wikisource contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Attribute the fixed transcription and share adapted excerpts alike. Project working translation.
Exact source version
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Source checked 2026-11-05. An independent AI evidence review supports this bounded, attributed wording. That review does not guarantee historical truth. How records are checked
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