Twelve young children, whendragged away by the persecutors, held their companions by the knees tillthey were torn away by violence. The pious mother, on hearing this, wept for joy, and not longafter presented her to the abbess, who, taking up an image of Christ,gave it into her hands. By a journey to Pavia, {597} he obtained also of Luitprand,though with some difficulty, peace for the territory of Ravenna, and therestitution of the places which he had taken from the exarchate. 607{490}On the Writings of St.
: but for his and her own protection, she had recourse toGontran, the religious king of Orleans and Burgundy. 27, Austin sent to Rome Laurence the priest, and Peter the monk, some modern historians infer that St. king to obtainhis consent to marry her, which was granted, on condition he could gainthat of the royal virgin. the liberty to tell her it was against decency {446} for one ofher sex and quality to be abroad at such an hour.
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