French medieval memories- Living in Dragontown (for real) I live in Northern France for my studies, but my parents and the rest of my family still live in the South. My family comes from a town in wh

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French medieval memories- Living in Dragontown (for real) I live in Northern France for my studies, but my parents and the rest of my family still live in the South. My family comes from a town in which I spent most of my secondary school years: DRAGONTOWN. ...Ok in French it's actually called "DRAGUIGNAN". In Draguignan, you find dragons everywhere: on the streetlamps, on the fontains, on the walls, on the town's coat of arms... everywhere. The dragon is the n°1 symbol in the area!... But why? Now,get ready to hear some French medieval story! A long time ago, in Early Middle Ages,during the Vth century* under the Merovigian dynasty** , lived a bishop named Hermentaire. He was then following the way of pilgrims walking through Draguignan trying to meet a monastery in the southern Alps. But for some reason, pilgrims and inhabitants could not enjoy a quiet life and the city had become avoided because of a terrible creature. A dragon was hiding in the foggy marshes surrounding the hill on which was built the city, keeping a treasure and waiting for human flesh. The inhabitants were terrified and rarely dared to leave the city for they feared the beast too much. The city was then controlled by some powerful lords and knights, but none of them managed to kill the monster, and those who tried did not try for long! One of these warriors met Hermentaire, and asked him his help. Fortunately, Hermentaire was braver and had God on his side, he came to cross the marshes and met the dragon. Thanks to his prayers, He killed the beast and saved Draguignan and its inhabitants! Hermentaire got canonised for his bravery and became Saint Hermentaire, the patron saint of Draguignan. A chapel of the same name was built close from the place where hermentaire killed the dragon, one century later. *The first written versions of this legend didn't appear before the XIth century. ** We know Hermentaire really lived at this period. Here is my town's medieval legend :) I'll try to post more legends soon! What do you think about this legend, is there any legend related to your place?

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French medieval memories- Living in Dragontown (for real)

I live in Northern France for my studies, but my parents and the rest of my family still live in the South. My family comes from a town in which I spent most of my secondary school years: DRAGONTOWN.
...Ok in French it's actually called "DRAGUIGNAN". In Draguignan, you find dragons everywhere: on the streetlamps, on the fontains, on the walls, on the town's coat of arms... everywhere. The dragon is the n°1 symbol in the area!... But why?

Now,get ready to hear some a French medieval story!

A long time ago, in the Early Middle Ages, during the Vth century* under the Merovigian dynasty** , lived a bishop named Hermentaire. He was then following the way of pilgrims, walking through Draguignan, trying to meet find a monastery in the southern Alps. But for some reason, pilgrims and inhabitants could not enjoy a quiet life and the city had become avoided because of a terrible creature. A dragon was hiding in the foggy marshes surrounding the hill on which was built the city, keeping a treasure and waiting for human flesh. The inhabitants were terrified and rarely dared to leave the city for they feared the beast too much. The city was then controlled by some powerful lords and knights, but none of them managed to kill the monster, and those who tried did not try for long! One of these warriors met Hermentaire, and asked him for his help.
Fortunately, Hermentaire was braver and had God on his side, he came *1 went to cross the marshes and met the dragon. Thanks to his prayers, He killed the beast and saved Draguignan and its inhabitants!
Hermentaire got canonised for his bravery and became Saint Hermentaire, the patron saint of Draguignan. A chapel of the same name was built close from to the place where Hermentaire killed the dragon, one century later.

*The first written versions of this legend didn't appear before the XIth century.
** We know Hermentaire really lived at during this period. *2

Here is my town's medieval legend :)
I'll try to post more legends soon!

What do you think about this legend, is there any legend related to your place?

*1 Was Hermentaire in the city and then went out to meet the dragon (use 'went') or was Hermentaire somewhere else and came to the city to meet the dragon (use 'came')?

*2 You can say either "at this time" or "during this period". For a specific time use 'at', but for a span of time use 'during'.

Interesting story, thanks for sharing!

Thank you so much, I thought nobody was interested in medieval legends! haha. (and was not expecting to see any comment here!) that sounds cool I cannot wait to read them! :)

Nice story, I believe dragons do exist. I have been reading quite a lot of ancient fantastic stories in last few years. And being inspired by you, I decide to translate them into English as my daily practice.

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