Picture No | 10006125 |
Date | 573 |
Description | English slaves in Rome |
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Pope Gregory I the Great sees some young English slaves in Rome - 'Non Angli sed Angeli' (not Angles but angels) he is supposed to have said, as their blond hair made them appear angelic.
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Source | James Doyle in A Chronicle of England |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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