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omnino poenam cnicîatumquefubiit.
me enim commentationis magnitudo percellic
cogitantem, vires mihiad viram hominis con-
ßantiamque enarrandam non fuppetere. ecquis
enim tantæ hiftoriæ par fit ? vel quo ego ore
enunciem, aut qua loquar lingua ? yolo equi-
dem dicere, fed non valeo. fac, audeam ef-
fari aliquid de beato fanétoque pâtre noftro
Gregorio, qui in Ecçlefia Dei adminiftranda
pium fe paftorem magiftrumque prodidit. in
ipfo ftatim exordio rurfum me timor revocat »
neque enim ea, quæ ille ftrenue præelareque
geffit, lingua hae mea efferri pro dignitate
poffunt ; quæ etiam eo miranda funt magis,
quod pofiremis hifee diebus & state hac pro-
xinja talem fibi operarium Chriftus præopta-
verit. nam quid proferre ipfe queam, quum
& religiofiflimos majores noftros, celeberrimos
yiros, patientia hujus & manfuetudo & leni-
tas in admirationem adduxerit , quum inæru-
mnis non modo animo lætareturac fecum ipfe
Temper exulraret, fed etiam grayiores expete-
ret. quippe & David propheta ille miti(fimu$
de juftorum Deum timentium patientia, tam-
quam hirundo clamabat olim, ( i ) Patientia
pauperum non peri bit infinem : & iterum, (2)
Sußinentes autem Dominum 9 ip ft baredit abunt
ten am: ac rurfum, (3) Salut jufiorum a Do*
mi no, & proteftor eorum efi in tempore trfc
bulationis. ae fimilia multi alii prophetæ de
juftorum hujufmodi beatitate pamm loquuti
funt.
II. Ceteriim, o eariffimi , de beatt ac ve-
nerandi ( 4 ) patris noftri Gregorii prima in-
ftitutione, ejufque immaculata ac Deo devo-
ta pueritia dicere incipiam. natus eft beatus
hie vir in vico, çui nomen Prætoria, (a )
prope urbem Agrigentum; ac pater quidem
ejus Charito appellabatur, mater vero Theo-
dote, quæ ex vico oriunda erat, qui Thyris
di6Ius eft. hi quum opibus abundarent, ren?
familiärem fanéle admodum adminiftrabant *
nam & hofpitaliffimi erant, & fingulis in rebus
liberales plane atque mifëricordes : u t,
quemadmodum feriptum eft, fua quaque in
pith
( I ) Tfalm. vtiiI.
( + ) VentTtndi : pic
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W2M) P.if*a*l*m*;..“— '** n. 9. f 3 ) Pfalm. xxxvl. n. 39.
1 codice I. fciiptum erat rttroxßw, quod idem feie ac . itaque codicis il. \e„
( a ) Natus eft Gregorius anno dlviiiI. ut infra
in jtnnali oftendemus, vicum autem natalem
Latine Pretoria appellatum puto, quemadmodum
in Dacia fuere ‘Pretoria oiugufla, & .Augufla
'Pretoria Salafforum Cub alpibus Grajis. poflet quis
tarnen has appellationes fingularis numeri habere
: ut &; vici hujus nomen, fi codicem Vindo-
bonenfem fequamur, cujus particulam affert Lam-
becius: (Bibl. lib. viil. p. 281. ) ... yci/varai t*(fa
rjj %o/j.n rm \iyoiufay Hpatraptct • memorat Gregorius
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mm, ( lib. il. epift. 32.) five Tratoritanum, ut
eft in codice Vaticano & in Regiis Parifienfi-
bus. fed illud in agro Panormitano fuifle vide-
tur. at vicus hie nofter, ut Cajetanus tradit,
Agrigento diftat milliapalfuum fex, nonamplius
fitulque eft, qua urbs oriçntem Ipedlat: nomen
prifeum mutavit, & Giuranimm audit.
De viep Thyride nihil compertum: in codice
Çephaleedienfi fçriptum eft Quetw. in hiftoria vero,
quam modo memoravi, Translationis S. A-
grippinæ Martyris, vicus occurrit nomine ftM
ros, ifque prope Agrigentum defignatur.
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f i ) Ad Rom. c. xil. n. ij.
(a ) Potamionis memoria vivit apud Agrigen«
tinos in Kalendario: feftum enim diem ländli hujus
Epilcopi agunt ml. Kal. Febr. verum qus
tabularum antiquitas, qus aucioritas fit, ignoro.
de vita ejus poft Cajetanum ( T. I. p. 172. )
pauca qusdam congelfit Bollandus, fed fingula a
Leontio noftro fumpta funt. (T .il. Jan,p.$69.)
R I I V I T À .
piorum necefftatibus communia ducerent. ( 1 )
nec aliis illi virtutibus aut refte fadlis minus
illuftres, quæ tarnen hic prætermittam. ex his
porro natum Gregorium vir fanäiflimus Po-
tamio, ( a ) Ecclefiæ Agrigentinæ Epifcopus,
facro ac falutari baptifmate regeneravit.
III. Jam vero quum ad oétavum ætatis annum
perveniffet, eum parentes in urbem de-
duxerunt, ut in difciplinam traditus facras lit-
teras edifeeret : ac Potamioni fanéliffimo Epi-
fcopo, tamquam parent! ejus myfticaexhibue-
re.: quem illi coram admiffi, multis leftifque
muneribus pueri manu öblatis, ipfoque puero
ad pedes ejus abje&o, itafunt adloquuti. Bene
huic precare, pater venerande, ut hunc
quoque illuminet Filius Dei Dominus nofter
JefusChriftus, qui illuminât omnem hominem
venientem in hunc mundum. at vero Epifcopus,
quum pium virum advocalfet, Damia-
num nomine, quem omnium ordinum cives
idoneum magiftrum & docendo natum prædi-
cabant, hunc ita compellat : Hunc tibi ego
puerum, mi Damiane, coram Deo & omni
Ec.clefia tefte commendo: quo curatn ejus fu-
feipias, & facris eum divinifque litteris im-
buas, quæ fan^Ii Spiritus ope omnium homi-
num animos ad peenitentiam excitandi vim ha-
bent » hie Damianus, quum ad Epifcopi pedes
procubuilfet, Divinum, inquit, confilium
utique impleamus, pater fan&eae venerande.
ille autem manibus puero impofitis, Gratia ,
inquit, D e i, & Pater unigenæ Filii, atque
ipfe Filius unigena, qui eft in finu Patris,
Deus verus de Deo vero, & virtus fanéii vi-
tæque auétorîs Spiritus fit tecum, fili, perpe-
tuo, ut varias 8c fraudulentas inimici artes
poffis effugere. quumque omnes refpondiflenc
Amen, ilium de Epifcopi manibüs fufeepit Damianus
: parentes vero, poftquam omnes puero
faufta precati fuerant, domum fuam redierunt,
mulpis Deum laudibus, multifque puerum vo-
tis profequuti »
IV. At vero Damianus pueri cura fufeepta,
vehementer de ipfius inftitutione laborabat :
nec minus puer in litteris proficiebat : ut qui
eum intuerentur, admirationi omnibus effet, é
itaque biennio in fchola exaélo, ejus ætatis
ftudia plane abfolvit, & præter calçulum, (b)
feftorum quoque dierum orbes apprime didi-
cit,
(b) Quum Leontius feripfit mg re 4^ » ( ms
Ti 4w^5 Icrip'jflent veteres) non rationem acconve-
nientiam numprorum, ut Rajatus putavic, indicare
voluUTe mihi videtnr, fed potius fummam legend?
facilitatem, quam fibi puer paraverat. quo per-
tinet Ifidori locus , quem alias adduxi: ( de Jit.
Infer, p. 527. a. ) Primordia, inquit, artis gramma