letter

Ep. vagans 57

Common name of letter

Ep. vagans 57

Pages in Cowdrey's edition

from 138 to 140

Number in JL

5059

Type of document

(Normal) letter

Abstract
(from Cowdrey's edition)

To Toirdhealbhach Ó Briain, king of Ireland, and all the Irish. Gregory VII proclaims the authority of the vicars of St. Peter and encourages the Irish to have recourse to it.

Place of issue

Marino or Sutri
(In the main manuscript the same hand has interlined Marino above Sutri. Marino fits to the date, because the pope was never in Sutri on 24-25 February.)

Date of issue

between 1074 February 24 and 1084 February 25

Address lines

Gregorius episcopus servus servorum Dei Terdeluacho inclito regi Hiberniae archiepiscopis episcopis abbatibus proceribus omnibusque christianis Hiberniam inhabitantibus salutem et apostolicam benedictionem

Incipit

Per orbem universum domini Ihesu...

Datum line

Data Sutrii vi kal. Mar.

Is included in
(5 different items)

Name of collection	Copied from here by	Number, page, chapter... within collection	Textual features	Fons formalis
Dublin 578		p. 9		London Cotton Claudius A I
London Addit. 4791		fol. 152r		London Cotton Claudius A I
London Cotton Claudius A I	London Addit. 4791 London Sloane 1449 Oxford Laud Misc. 611 Dublin 578	fol. 38r	above Sutri the same hand interlined Marino.
London Sloane 1449		fol. 42v		London Cotton Claudius A I
Oxford Laud Misc. 611		fol. 5v	adds Marina to the datum line	London Cotton Claudius A I

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