Stelle Pariterque recolens quae iam apud D...; (Vita Anskarii (865 - 876), 12 (pp. 32-33)) [315]

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Text Vita Anskarii (865 - 876) Rimbert
Quotation Pariterque recolens quae iam apud Danos olim circa Dei cultum concepta fuerant, et laudes ac gratias omnipotenti Deo referens, ardore fidei succensus, quaerere coepit, quomodo in partibus aquilonis, in fine videlicet imperii sui, sedem constituere posset episcopalem, unde congruum esset episcopo ibi consistenti causa praedicationis illas frequentius adire partes, et unde etiam omnes illae barbarae nationes facilius uberiusque capere valerent divini mysterii sacramenta. (...) Cum itaque pro huiusmodi sollicitudine cura vigilanti instaret, quibusdam fidelibus suis referentibus ei innotuit, quod, quando gloriosae memoriae pater suus Karolus augustus omnem Saxoniam ferro perdomitam et iugo Christi subditam per episcopatus divisit, ultimam partem ipsius provintiae, quae erat in aquilone ultra Albiam, nemini episcoporum tuendam commisit, sed ad hoc reservare decrevit, ut ibi archiepiscopalem constitueret sedem, ex qua Domini gratia tribuente etiam successio fidei christianae in exteras proficeret nationes. Ista vero facta occasione, qua iam fides Christi in partibus Danorum atque Sueonum per gratiam Dei fructificare coeperat, cognito patris sui voto, ne quid eius studii inperfectum remaneret, una cum consensu episcoporum ac plurimo synodi conventu in praefata ultima Saxoniae regione trans Albiam in civitate Hammaburg sedem constituit archiepiscopalem, cui subiaceret universa Nordalbingorum ecclesia, et ad quam pertineret omnium regionum aquilonalium potestas ad constituendos episcopos sive presbiteros, in illas partes pro Christi nomine destinandos. (...) Et quia diocesis illa in periculosis locis fuerat constituta, ne propter barbarorum imminentem saevitiam aliquo modo deperiret, et quia omnimodis parva erat, quandam cellam in Gallia Turholt vocatam ad eandem sedem perpetuo servituram eius legationi tradidit.
Translation And, recalling in addition the steps that had been taken in establishing the worship of God among the Danes, he gave praise and thanks to almighty God and, inflamed by the fire of faith, began to examine how he might be able to establish an episcopal see in the northern regions, on the borders of his empire, from which it would be easy for a bishop in residence to go to those parts more often and preach, and from which all of those barbarous nations might more easily and abundantly be able to gain an understanding of the sacraments of the divine mystery. And so as worry about this issue concerned him, even robbing him of his sleep, some of his courtiers reminded him that, when his father, the Emperor Charles of glorious memory, had conquered all of Saxony with the sword and subjected it to the yoke of Christ and divided it into bishoprics, he committed the furthest part of that province, which lay in the north beyond the Elbe, to the protection of no bishop, but decreed that it should be reserved so that he could establish an archiepiscopal see there, from which, by the grace of the Lord, the [Apostolic] succession of the Christian faith might spread to foreign nations. (...) And since that diocese was situated in a dangerous region, he [Louis] granted a cell in Gaul named Turholt to his [Ansgar’s] mission, to serve the see in perpetuity, so that he would have a refuge from the threat of the savagery of the barbarians, and because it [the diocese of Hamburg] was very poor. (Translation: Laura Gazzoli)
Quotation source 12 (pp. 32-33)
Temporal Coverage 830 - 831
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