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Miracle data |
Source name: |
BL Mariale 1 |
Short title: |
Julian the Apostate |
Poncelet Number: |
1140 - Nam cum ipse imperator bellaturus adversus Persas |
Reference numbers: |
book1 no.4 |
Foliation in source: |
f. 110v |
Incipit: |
Nam cum ipse imperator bellaturus adversus Persas |
Summary: |
How the Emperor Julian, on his march against the Persians, passed through Caesarea in Cappadocia; how he met the Archbishop St. Basil there, and insulted him, and threatened to destroy the town on his return; and how he fell in the war by the hand of St. Mercurius, at the command of the Virgin (II, 602). |