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19 Nov 2015

A Fragmentary Epitaph for a Bishop

        ...vitans omnem iniqum,
Inopum et viduarum defensor et omni valens,
Sedulus in cunctis mitis patiens et modestus,
Canticis et laudibus incessanter domino reddens,
Omnibus predicens ut deo digna redderet pleuem,
Pontificatum tenens quater lustro et menses XX,
            obiit X kl. Dk.
Veniens ab Hispaniis Ismaelitarum clade sublatus...


Epitaphios Fractus Episcopi


                                      ...avoiding all iniquity,
Defender of the poor and widows, to all strong,
Diligent in meekness, patience and modesty,
Giving without pause song and praise to the Lord,
Preaching to everyone that they make themselves worthy of God,
The Bishopric holding fifteen years and twenty months,
He died with ten days to the Kalends of December.
He came from Spain having suffered the ravages of the Ishmaelites...

Fragmentary Epitaph for a Bishop

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