Stelle Scio enim post hunc annum appropinq...; (Vita Wilfridi (709 - 720), ch. 43 (p. 86)) [803]

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Keywords	Keyword: gens, [wurzel: gent] Ethnonym: Romani, [wurzel: roman]
ID	803
Text	Vita Wilfridi (709 - 720) Stephen of Ripon
Quotation	Scio enim post hunc annum appropinquantem vitae meae terminum secundum Domini revelationem, et ideo te adiuro per Deum et sanctum Petrum mihi consentire, ut in sedem meam archiepiscopalem superstitem et haeredem vivens te constituam, quia veraciter in omni sapientia et in iudiciis Romanorum eruditissimum te vestrae gentis agnovi".
Translation	'For I know that after this year the end of my life draws near, in accordance with the revelation of the Lord. And I adjure you, by God and St Peter, to agree to my appointing you while I am still alive to my archiepiscopal see as my successor and heir. For indeed I have recognized you to be the most learned of your race in all manner of wisdom and in the statutes of the Romans.' (Trans. Colgrave, p. 87)
Quotation source	ch. 43 (p. 86)
Temporal Coverage	686 - 687
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