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Mercurialis<\/em> p.756 <em>AASS<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>AASS <\/em>Apr. iii, pp.752-7. <em>BHL <\/em>no. 5932 [misprinted as 5032]<\/td>\n<td>Latin<\/td>\n<td><i>\u00a0&#8211;<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Interea dum B. Mercurialis pr\u00e6dictis Domini rebus se exerceret; infausta legatio relata est ei, quod ingens draco in itinere transeuntibus aderat, qui multos transeuntes anhelitu proprio haberet sauciatos.\u00a0<span class=\"rot\">[qui ad feralem dracon\u0113 properans,]<\/span>\u00a0Qua relatione vir Dei in magna decidit afflictione: pr\u00e6dictus namque draco in medio Popiliensis &amp; Liviensis urbis imminebat itinere, per quod plurimi ab ejus afflatu jam erant necati. Tandem inito consilio, Venerabilis Pater Mercurialis suos legatos dirigit Rufillo, Populiensium Pr\u00e6suli, ut utrique convenirent ad draconis hujus necem; interim ab utrisque prolixa fieret oratio, ut &amp; a Domino ipsis concederetur illius exitium. Dum h\u00e6c Rufillus audiret, diu prostravit se in oratione; sed illo moram nectente, venerabilis Pater Mercurialis ad certamen draconis acceleravit venire. Dum autem ad pr\u00e6dictum stadium curreret, Marcellus ei obviam fuit, privatus lumine: sed quia erat in majori impeditus opere, c\u00e6cum nequivit Mercurialis lumini restituere, sed pr\u00e6stolari ei adventum Beatissimi Grati pr\u00e6dixerat, a quo quod impetrabat obtinere poterat. His c\u00e6cus auditis S. Grati adventum expectavit:\u00a0<span class=\"rot\">[pr\u00e6dicit c\u00e6c\u016b sanandum a S. Grato]<\/span>\u00a0Pr\u00e6fatus deinde S. Gratus super omnia, qu\u00e6 B. Mercurialis Pontifex obtinebat, pr\u00e6erat; &amp; dum jussu sui Pontificis eleemosynas daret, duplo pauperibus conferebat quam ei pr\u00e6ceptum erat. Unde ei Dominus tantam gratiam contulerat, quatenus in ejus nomine virtutes conferebat. Hic etiam S. Gratus dum c\u00e6cum prospexisset, signum sanct\u00e6 Crucis in ejus faciem compinxit, &amp; ad veram lucem corporis anim\u00e6que revocavit: qui Marcellus postea Christicola effectus, in Dei operibus pr\u00e6sertim extitit devotus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saint and Dragon Date of Text Citation Text\/edition Language Translation Rofillus [b] xi AD Vita S. Mercurialis p.756 AASS AASS Apr. iii, pp.752-7. BHL no. 5932 [misprinted as 5032] Latin \u00a0&#8211; Interea dum B. 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