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Nov.8] S. Willehad. 199
Charlemagne had in this year (779) completed the subjection of the Saxons, and he sent Willehad to preach to
the people, on the borders of Friesland and Saxony, in a
district named Wigmodia, in the neighbourhood of Bremen.
There Willehad laboured with success; he built churches,
ordained priests, and made so many converts, that after two
years hardly an idolater could be found in the whole district. But in 782 his progress was stopped by the great
rebellion of Wittekind, who persecuted the Christians during
several years with savage hatred. Willehad fled to the
neighbourhood of Embden, on the sea-coast, and hastily
embarking in a ship which happened to be there, sailed
round Friesland, and escaped to France. Several of his
companions were massacred. Folcard the priest, and
Emming, Benjamin, Artrebanus, Genoald, and his companions fell victims at Bremen and the neighbourhood.
Charles the Great had commissioned his generals, Geil and
Adalgis, to strengthen the army under their command by
an immense levy of Saxon troops in Westphalia, and with
this army to march against the Sclavonians on the other side
of the Elbe and Saal. The Saxons had obeyed the call
with alacrity. They soon outnumbered the Franks. At
Hausberg, between Minden and Rinteln, they suddenly fell
on their companions and slaughtered them. Geil and
Adalgis, and the greater part of the Franks, fell. When
the news of this terrible catastrophe reached Charles he
vowed to wreak a terrible vengeance on the rebels, and to
regain by cruelty and severity the kingdom his mildness
had lost. Crossing the Rhine, he laid waste the country by
fire and sword, and exterminated all who refused to embrace
Christianity. Thousands were driven into the rivers to be
baptized or drowned. On the Eller at Verden 4,500 Saxons
taken in arms were beheaded. Destruction marched in
his van. Desolation, carnage, and flames marked the path
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| Title | The lives of the saints - 13 |
| Creator | Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine) |
| Publisher | J. Grant |
| Place of Publication | Edinburgh |
| Date | 1914 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000239 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | ft ft Nov.8] S. Willehad. 199 Charlemagne had in this year (779) completed the subjection of the Saxons, and he sent Willehad to preach to the people, on the borders of Friesland and Saxony, in a district named Wigmodia, in the neighbourhood of Bremen. There Willehad laboured with success; he built churches, ordained priests, and made so many converts, that after two years hardly an idolater could be found in the whole district. But in 782 his progress was stopped by the great rebellion of Wittekind, who persecuted the Christians during several years with savage hatred. Willehad fled to the neighbourhood of Embden, on the sea-coast, and hastily embarking in a ship which happened to be there, sailed round Friesland, and escaped to France. Several of his companions were massacred. Folcard the priest, and Emming, Benjamin, Artrebanus, Genoald, and his companions fell victims at Bremen and the neighbourhood. Charles the Great had commissioned his generals, Geil and Adalgis, to strengthen the army under their command by an immense levy of Saxon troops in Westphalia, and with this army to march against the Sclavonians on the other side of the Elbe and Saal. The Saxons had obeyed the call with alacrity. They soon outnumbered the Franks. At Hausberg, between Minden and Rinteln, they suddenly fell on their companions and slaughtered them. Geil and Adalgis, and the greater part of the Franks, fell. When the news of this terrible catastrophe reached Charles he vowed to wreak a terrible vengeance on the rebels, and to regain by cruelty and severity the kingdom his mildness had lost. Crossing the Rhine, he laid waste the country by fire and sword, and exterminated all who refused to embrace Christianity. Thousands were driven into the rivers to be baptized or drowned. On the Eller at Verden 4,500 Saxons taken in arms were beheaded. Destruction marched in his van. Desolation, carnage, and flames marked the path ft— ft |
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