. The chronicle of Lanercost, 1272-1346; . AM I Al II )M THI. HIVliH W±iAK LANERCOST shrine, who when living was profligate for a time, but turnedhimself resolutely to righteousness. About the same time, as he himself informed me, therelived at Rome a certain Minorite Friar of English birth, who,in travelling round the places of the saints, arrived one day-after dinner at a house of virgins consecrated to God, erectedin honour of S. Agnes. After he had inspected the churchthereof, he found an old cardinal sitting with his [clergy]behind the high altar ; who, the boards fixed to the bac
. The chronicle of Lanercost, 1272-1346; . AM I Al II )M THI. HIVliH W±iAK LANERCOST shrine, who when living was profligate for a time, but turnedhimself resolutely to righteousness. About the same time, as he himself informed me, therelived at Rome a certain Minorite Friar of English birth, who,in travelling round the places of the saints, arrived one day-after dinner at a house of virgins consecrated to God, erectedin honour of S. Agnes. After he had inspected the churchthereof, he found an old cardinal sitting with his [clergy]behind the high altar ; who, the boards fixed to the back ofthe altar having been removed, was contemplating, for thestrengthening of his faith, the body of the martyr without ataint of corruption consecrated to God ; because this [cardinal]was perfectly faithful to God. When he had bedewed hisface plentifully with tears, he uncovered the virgin [martyrs]countenance, which was hidden under a black veil, and beheld,with all [the others], the youthful features as it were of onesleeping, showing
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