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Phyllis Jestice <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Reinold ...was put in charge of construction work and annoyed the stonemasons
so much with his industry and dedication that they killed him with their
hammers and threw his body into a pool near the Rhine (where it was later
recovered thanks to a timely revelation).
sounds like a working class revolt against a Suit.
though i can't quite see what the problem was (maybe the author couldn't,
either).
AASS, Jan. I
Main volume text
VII. IANVARII.
DE SANCTO REINOLDO MONACHO ET MARTYRE :
[5] Vir autem Dei Reynoldus postmodum ex pr+AOY-cepto Abbatis sui lapicidarum
magister factus est. Vbi cum plus ceteris laboraret, lapicid+AOY magnam
conceperunt aduersus ipsum inuidiam, & qualiter eum morti traderent, dolosam
inter se conspirauere sententiam. Habuit aut+ARM seruus Dei in consuetudine,
[Varias visit ecclesias.] monasteria & singulas longe vel prope positas
frequentare ecclesias, & eundo pauperibus, qui eum exspectabant, largiri
eleemosynas. Quod vbi homines sceleratissimi intellexerunt, incredibilia
exinde conceperunt gaudia, quia sceleris iam se adeptos viderunt pr+AOY-mia.
Positis proinde pro tempore insidiis, more latron+AWs statuunt illum
deprehendere, & inopinata morte perditum, ne tantum scelus appareat, decernunt
abscondere. Quorum consilia famulus Dei cognoscens, quasi ad epulas inuitatus
c+AVM-pit ad p+AVM-nas currere, & latronibus tamquam amicis se offerens, vt
mereretur c+AOY-los Martyr ascendere affectabat. Quem viri perditissimi
inuadentes, [Occiditur a lapicidis.] malleolis confracto capite cerebrum
excutiunt, & vestibus spoliatum in quamdam profunditatem aqu+AOY Rheno vicinam
mittunt. Sicque egregius Martyr Reynoldus palmam martyrij inuenit: cuius
animam c+AVM-tus Angelicus cum hymnis & canticis ad c+AOY-lestia deportauit. Post
cuius obitum Abbas cum monachis reliquis, fratris sui corpus vbique qu+AOY-ri
pr+AOY-cipiunt: sed diu per orbem terrarum qu+AOY-situm non inueniunt.
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