| Keywords |
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| ID |
2925 |
| Text |
Gesta Danorum (1185 - 1216) Saxo Grammaticus |
| Quotation |
Qui etiam seipsum apud Angliam iampridem Christianismi peritam solennibus aquis
humectandum exhibuit. Ceterum priuatam salutem suam in publicam exuberare cupiens ab
Agapito, qui tunc civitatis Romane sacris preerat, Daniam divinitus erudiri petiuit.
Quod antequam votis exsequeretur, absumptus est. |
| Translation |
He [King Frothi] also presented himself in England, a country which had long been well acquainted with Christianity, to be sprinkled with holy water. In a desire that his personal salvation should be freely extended to his people, he asked Agapetus, at that period pope in the city of Rome, to teach the Danes about God. But before his prayers could be realized he ended his days. (Translation: Fisher 2015, I, p. 671) |
| Quotation source |
ix.8.1 (I, p. 670) |
| Temporal Coverage |
946 - 955 |
| Associated use case(s) |
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| Comment |
Frothi is a legendary king. The dates given here are for Agapetus II's papacy, which do not however align with Saxo's chronology. Horic II (854-after 864), although a pagan, sent gifts to Pope Nicholas I, who sent him a letter thanking him but urging him to convert (MGH Epp. VI, no. 27, pp. 293-4; also mentioned in no. 26, p. 292, to Louis the German, who, along with Bishop Solomon of Konstanz, acted as an intermediary for the gifts). |
