Stelle Quodam igitur tempore, dum venerabi...; (Vita Willibrordi archiepiscopi Traiectensis (796 - 800), 14 (p. 128)) [65]
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| ID | 65 |
| Text | Vita Willibrordi archiepiscopi Traiectensis (796 - 800) Alcuin of York |
| Quotation | Quodam igitur tempore, dum venerabilis vir iter euangelizandi more solito egisset, venit ad quandam villam [insulam] [insulam oceani] Walichrum nomine, in qua antiqui erroris idolum remansit. [ad quod statuto tempore omnis congregabatur populus, illud colens summa veneratione] |
| Translation | Thus, when the venerable man, according to his custom, was on one of his missionary journeys he came to a village (variant: island, or island of the ocean) called Walichrum, where an idol of the ancient superstition remained (some MSS add: 'to which, at the appointed time, the entire people comes together and worships it with the utmost veneration). (Trans. Grieve, variants translated by Laura Gazzoli) |
| Quotation source | 14 (p. 128) |
| Temporal Coverage | 719 - 739 |
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