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| ID |
5754 |
| Text |
Antapodosis (Liber retributionis) (958 - 962) Liutprand of Cremona |
| Quotation |
Aquileia namque, praedives atque inmensa olim civitas, ab impiissimo Hunorum rege Attila capitur ac funditus dissipatur nec ulterius, ut in praesentiarum cernitur, elevatur; Papia vero, ut vir sanctissimus dixerat, copiosa et appellatur et cernitur; non solum quippe praecellit vicinas, sed et longe positas opibus civitates. Quid alias memorem, cum insignis ipsa totoque orbe notissima Roma huic inferior esset, si preciosa beatissimorum apostolorum corpora non haberet? Patet igitur, quod hanc intercessio beatissimi patroni nostri Siri eripuit, qui eam tam veridico ac pretioso praesagio honoravit. Exusta denique Papia factaque totam per Italiam non modica praeda, Hungarii ad propria revertuntur. |
| Translation |
For Aquileia, once a very rich and vast city, was taken by that most impious king of the Huns, Attila, and thoroughly demolished and never rose again, as is visible in present times; Pavia, instead, just as that most holy man had said, is both thought to be and called rich: in fact it not only surpasses in wealth all neighboring communities, but also cities located far away. Why do I mention these other places, when Rome itself, celebrated and the most famous city in the whole world, would be inferior to Pavia if it did not have the bodies of the most holy apostles? It is clear, therefore, that Pavia was rescued through the intercession of our most holy patron Syrus, who honored it with so truthful and precious a prediction. At last, once Pavia was burned and no small booty was taken throughout all Italy, the Hungarians returned to their lands. |
| Quotation source |
Antapodosis III, cap. 6, p. 76-7, ed. Becker, trans. Squatriti, p. 114 |
| Temporal Coverage |
452 - 452 |
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| Comment |
sack of Pavia, 12 March 924 |
