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| ID |
904 |
| Text |
Epistolae (Bonifatius et Lullus) (700 - 754) Boniface Lull |
| Quotation |
Quod et ipse non fecit.
Non predicavit, non convertit Fresos ad fidem Christi, sed pagana permansit gens Fresorum, usque
quod venerandus pontifex Romanae sedis Sergius supradictum servum Dei Uuilbrordum episcopum
ad predicandum supradictae genti transmisit; qui illam gentem, ut prefatus sum, ad fidem Christi
convertit.
Et modo vult Colonensis episcopus sedem supradicti predicatoris Uuilbrordi sibi contrahere, ut non
sit episcopalis sedis subiecta Romano pontifici predicans gentem Fresorum. |
| Translation |
The
Frisian people remained pagans until Sergius, reverend pontiff of
the Roman See, sent the aforesaid servant of God, Willibrord, as |
bishop and preacher to them. He, as I have said before, converted
them to the faith of Christ. And now the bishop of Cologne wishes to annex this see of the
missionary Willibrord, so that there shall be no episcopal see under
the Roman pontiff for the Frisian mission. (Trans. Emerton, p. 182) |
| Summary |
Boniface complains to Pope Stephen II of the Archbishop of Cologne's attempts to suppress the see of Utrecht, stating that the Frisians were converted by Willibrord, not by Cologne. |
| Quotation source |
Epist. 109 (p. 235) |
| Temporal Coverage |
753 - 753 |
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