Stelle In diebus quoque illis per pontific...; (Vita Wilfridi (709 - 720), p. 84) [42]

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Text Vita Wilfridi (709 - 720) Stephen of Ripon
Quotation In diebus quoque illis per pontificem nostrum populus ecclesiae Dei copiose de die in diem crescens et nominis eius gloria magnifice clarescens, venit quidam exul nobili genere de desertis Ciltine et Ondred nomine Cedwalla. (...) Quippe, regnante Caedwalla, occisis et superatis inimicis eius, totam Westsexna regionis monarchiam tenens, statim sanctum Wilfrithum episcopum nostrum, gentilem populum in Suthsexum bene ad Deum convertentem et nomen Domini per se magnifice glorificantem, patrem suum venerabilem et super omnes carissimum ad se venire humiliter accersivit.
Translation Now in those days, when by the labours of our bishop the Church of God was increasing abundantly from day to day and the glory of His name was growing wondrously, there came a certain exile of noble descent from the desert places of Chiltern and the Weald whose name was Ceadwalla. (...) When Ceadwalla had come to the throne and, after slaying or sub- duing his foes, was reigning over all the land of the West Saxons, he immediately, in all humility, summoned St Wilfrid our bishop to come to him; for Wilfrid, who was converting the heathen population of Sussex to God, and through his efforts wondrously glorifying the name of the Lord, was his venerable father and dearest of all to him. (Trans. Colgrave, p. 85)
Quotation source p. 84
Temporal Coverage 686 - 686
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