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E06041: Pope Boniface V, in a letter to Æthelburh, queen of the Northumbrians (northern Britain), urging her to persuade her husband to convert to Christianity, states that he is sending her a mirror and a comb as a 'blessing' from 'your protector' *Peter (the Apostle, S00036). Written in Latin at Rome, 625; recorded by Bede, writing at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 731.
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posted on 2018-07-25, 00:00 authored by bsavillBede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, 2.11 ('Redemptoris nostri', JE 2009/JH 3214)
Dominae gloriosae filiae Aedilbergae reginae Bonifatius episcopus seruus seruorum Dei ... Praeterea benedictionem protectoris uestri beati Petri apostolorum principis uobis direximus, id est speculum argenteum et pectine eboreum inauratum, quod petimus ut eo benignitatis animo gloria uestra suscipiat, quo a nobis noscitur destinatum.
'To his daughter the glorious lady, Queen Æthelburh, Bishop Boniface, servant of the servants of God ... Moreover we are sending you the blessing of your protector, Saint Peter, prince of the apostles, in the form of a silver mirror and an ivory comb adorned with gold, asking your Majesty to accept these gifts in the same spirit of goodwill as that in which they were sent by us.'
Text and translation: Colgrave and Mynors 1969, 171-75; translation modified to resemble E06040.
Dominae gloriosae filiae Aedilbergae reginae Bonifatius episcopus seruus seruorum Dei ... Praeterea benedictionem protectoris uestri beati Petri apostolorum principis uobis direximus, id est speculum argenteum et pectine eboreum inauratum, quod petimus ut eo benignitatis animo gloria uestra suscipiat, quo a nobis noscitur destinatum.
'To his daughter the glorious lady, Queen Æthelburh, Bishop Boniface, servant of the servants of God ... Moreover we are sending you the blessing of your protector, Saint Peter, prince of the apostles, in the form of a silver mirror and an ivory comb adorned with gold, asking your Majesty to accept these gifts in the same spirit of goodwill as that in which they were sent by us.'
Text and translation: Colgrave and Mynors 1969, 171-75; translation modified to resemble E06040.
History
Evidence ID
E06041Saint Name
Peter the Apostle : S00036Saint Name in Source
PetrusRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - LetterLanguage
- Latin