He was a very virtuous man, and his good qualities were inherited by all his descendants.

One of them, called Titurisone, greatly regretted having no son to continue his race.

When advised by a soothsayer to make a pilgrimage to the holy sepulcher, and there to lay a crucifix of pure gold upon the altar, the pious Titurisone hastened to do so.

On his return he was rewarded for his pilgrimage by the birth of a son, called Titurel.
This child, when he had attained manhood, spent all his time in warring against the Saracens, as all pagans are called in these metrical romances.
The booty he won he gave either to the church or to the poor, and his courage and virtue were only equaled by his piety and extreme humility.
One day, when Titurel was walking alone in the woods, he was favored by the vision of an angel.

The celestial messenger sailed down to earth out of the blue, and announced in musical tones that the Lord had chosen him to be the guardian of the Holy Grail on Montsalvatch (which some authors believe to have been in Spain), and that it behooved him to set his house in order and obey the voice of God.
When the angel had floated upward and out of sight, Titurel returned home.
After disposing of all his property, reserving nothing but his armor and trusty sword, he again returned to the spot where he had been favored with the divine message.