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Quotation by Gregory the Great, Pope
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Gregory the Great, Pope (2)
Not Angles, but angels.
[Non Angli sed Angeli.]
[Non Angli sed Angeli.]
Gregory the Great, Pope (c. 540–604). Attributed.
Probably an oral rendition of words that appear in Bede's History of the English Church and People (bk. 2, sct. 1; completed 731), in which Gregory—before he was Pope—was presented with some slaves in the market-place in Rome, with "fair complexions, fine-cut features, and beautiful hair." On being told they were Angles, he said, "That is appropriate, for they have angelic faces, and it is right that they should become joint-heirs with the angels in heaven." According to Bede, this encounter led him to take in hand the conversion of Britain immediately on succeeding to the Papacy.
Probably an oral rendition of words that appear in Bede's History of the English Church and People (bk. 2, sct. 1; completed 731), in which Gregory—before he was Pope—was presented with some slaves in the market-place in Rome, with "fair complexions, fine-cut features, and beautiful hair." On being told they were Angles, he said, "That is appropriate, for they have angelic faces, and it is right that they should become joint-heirs with the angels in heaven." According to Bede, this encounter led him to take in hand the conversion of Britain immediately on succeeding to the Papacy.
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