Stelle Huius autem iudicii inclementia, ab...; (Vita Wilfridi (709 - 720), ch. 47 (p. 96-98)) [44]

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Text Vita Wilfridi (709 - 720) Stephen of Ripon
Quotation Huius autem iudicii inclementia, ab archiepiscopo et rege diffinita, et ipsos iam inimicos horruit, dicentibus, impium esse, tam famosum virum in circuitu nationibus absque ullo capitali crimine omnibus bonis suis privare. (...) Necnon et ego primus post obitum primorum procerum, a sancto Gregorio directorum, Scotticae virulenta plantationis germina eradicarem; ad verumque pascha et ad tonsuram in modum coronae, quae ante ea posteriore capitis parte e summo abrasa vertice, secundum apostolicae sedis rationem totam Ultrahumbrensium gentem permutando converterem;
Translation But the ruthlessness of the decision laid down by the archbishop and the king horrified even his very enemies, who said that it was impious to deprive of all his possessions a man who was so famous throughout all the nations and was not convicted of any capital offence. (...) 'Was I not the first, after the death of the first elders who were sent by St Gregory, to root out the poisonous weeds planted by the Scots? Did I not change and convert the whole Northumbrian race to the true Easter and to the tonsure in the form of a crown, in accordance with the practice of the Apostolic See, though their tonsure had been previously at the back of the head, from the top of the head downwards?' (Trans. Colgrave 97-9)
Quotation source ch. 47 (p. 96-98)
Temporal Coverage 702 - 703
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