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replied; "de ira Dei (from the wrath of God) they shall be delivered and called to the mercy of Christ. What is the name of the ruler of that province?" He was told that his name was Ælla. And Gregory replied: "Alleluia! Praise to God shall be sung in those regions."
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7. The whole anthem, which has been specially associated with Eastertide, runs as follows:
Regina cœli, lætare, alleluia;
Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia,
Resurrexit
Sicut dixit,
Alleluia;
Ora pro nobis deum, alleluia.
It has not been traced back farther than the twelfth century.
14. The Castello di Sant'Angelo, standing on the right bank of the Tiber, near the Vatican, was for many centuries the chief citadel of the popes, as temporal rulers, and is still a remarkable feature of the city of Rome.
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11. Caxton shortens up very summarily Jacobus de Voragine's setting forth of the theological crux here presented. Was it really "hell" to which Trajan had been condemned, had he really died, was he restored to life, was it only the pain of sense from which he was delivered, or the pain of the loss of God also?—such are the speculations which the Archbishop records as having arisen. Personally, he does not decidedly commit himself to the truth of the story.
17. "prayed for a paynim." This is incorrect; pro damnato is the Latin; pour ung dampné the French.
24. "axes": ague.
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26. "the song of the office of holy church." The traditional chant of the Liturgy has always been commonly known as "Gregorian," on account of the part taken by S. Gregory in its right ordering.
30. "where he lay." As might be expected from his extremely laborious and ascetic life, Gregory's health during his pontificate was very feeble; and his business, such as the teaching of his scholars, was sometimes transacted from a couch on which he reclined.
S. WINIFRED
The Acta (or Life) of this saint are ascribed to her contemporary Elerius, concerning whom see the text. As we have them, they are probably not older than the thirteenth century, from which we possess
