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| ID |
4175 |
| Text |
De rebus gestis Rogerii Calabriae et Siciliae comitis et Roberti Guiscardi ducis fratris eius (1075 - 1100) Geoffrey Malaterra |
| Quotation |
Dux comesque gaudentes, quod offerebatur libenter suscipiunt, anno Dominicae incarnationis MLXXI. Adepti, prius illius Scripturae fideles imitatores dicentis: Primum quaerite regnum Dei, et omnia adjicientur vobis, ecclesiam sanctissimae Dei Genitricis Mariae, quae antiquitus archiepiscopatus fuerat - sed tunc ab impiis Saracenis violata, templum superstitionis eorum facta erat - , cum magna devotione catholice reconciliatam, dote et ornamentis ecclesiasticis augent |
| Translation |
The duke and count rejoiced and gladly accepted the terms which were offered, in the year from the Incarnation of the Lord 1071. After securing this they first, as faithful observors of Scripture, which says: 'But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all shall be added unto you' [Luke xii.31], restored to the catholic faith the church of the most holy Mother of God, Mary, which had in the past been the cathedral but had been later profaned by the impious Saracens and turned into a temple of their superstitious belief |
| Quotation source |
II, 45 |
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| Comment |
Latin descriptor for Saracens: Impii |
