>* Theodard, bishop of Maastricht (670?)
> - when held up by robbers in the forest of Bienwald, he made a long
>speech to them, to which they replied with a quotation from Horace before
>killing him
>
Does hagiography relate what this quotation was? If not, perhaps we could
have a competition to suggest the most apposite line of Horace for an
educated brigand to invoke when about to kill a bishop...
Seriously, I'd be very interested to know if any source supplies this detail.
Steven Botterill
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Italian Studies
3335 Dwinelle Hall #2620
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-2620
U.S.A.
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