Stelle Quod etiam ipse tam decreti sui auc...; (Vita Anskarii (865 - 876), 13 (p. 35)) [316]

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ID 316
Text Vita Anskarii (865 - 876) Rimbert
Quotation Quod etiam ipse tam decreti sui auctoritate quam etiam pallii datione more praedecessorum suorum roboravit atque ipsum in praesentia constitutum legatum in omnibus circumquaque gentibus Sueonum sive Danorum necnon etiam Slavorum aliarumque in aquilonis partibus gentium constitutarum una cum Ebone Remensi archiepiscopo, qui ipsam legationem ante susceperat, delegavit et ante corpus et confessionem sancti Petri apostoli publicam euangelizandi tribuit auctoritatem.
Translation Which he, in the manner of his predecessors, strengthened through the authority of his decree and through the granting of the pallium. And in person he appointed him [Ansgar] legate to all the peoples everywhere of the Swedes and Danes, and of the Slavs as well, and of all the other peoples established in the regions of the north, together with Archbishop Ebo of Rheims, who had previously taken up this mission, and before the body and tomb of Saint Peter the Apostle he bestowed on him the authority of preaching the Gospel in public. (Translation: Laura Gazzoli)
Quotation source 13 (p. 35)
Temporal Coverage 831 - 832
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Comment The B-text, revised in the 12th century to (among other things) better suit the political situation at the time, reads (from Sueonum onwards): sueonum, danorum, farriae, gronlondon, islondon, Scrideuindun, Slauorum, necnon omnium septentrionalium et orientalium nationum quocumque modo nominatarum delegauit, et posito capite et pectore super corpus et confessionem sancti Petri apostoli, sibi suisque successoribus uicem suam perpetuo retinendam publicamque euangelizandi tribuit auctoritatem. (ed. Laura Gazzoli)