 | Adin Ballou - Christianity - 1899 - 444 pages
...judge how near the others came to the standard of excellence and worth set up in the New Testament. " On the festival of Christmas the last year of the eighth century, Charlemagne appeared in the church of St. Peter at Rome, and, to gratify the vanity of the city, he... | |
 | William Davies - Tiber River (Italy) - 1873 - 422 pages
...his fourth and last pilgrimage, he was received at Rome with the due honours of king and patrician On the festival of Christmas, the last year of the eighth century, Charlemagne appeared in the church of St. Peter ; and to gratify the vanity of Rome, he had exchanged... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1875 - 632 pages
...the sacrilegious attempt against his life was punished by the mild and insufficient penalty of exile. On the festival of Christmas, the last year of the eighth century, Charlemagne appeared in the church of St. Peter ; and, to gratify the vanity of Rome, he had exchanged... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Church history - 1916 - 1006 pages
...the sacrilegious attempt against his life was punished by the mild and insufficient penalty of exile. On the festival of Christmas, the last year of the eighth century, Charlemagne appeared in the church of St. Peter ; and, to gratify the vanity of Rome, he had exchanged... | |
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On the festival of Christmas, the last year of the eighth century, Charlemagne appeared in the church of St. Peter; and, to gratify the vanity of Rome, he had exchanged the simple dress of his country for the habit of a patrician. 98 After the celebration... 
