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...south to the Pyrenees. Britain was cut off from Rome-and the Dark Ages were approaching on the double. But these matters were hard to sense fully in misty Britain. All that seemed perfectly clear to some of Felix's bolder friends was that the Emperor Honorius in Rome had suffered a military disgrace-and that the imperial purple beckoned to the strong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bureaucrat in a Bog | 1/26/1953 | See Source »

...relatives buried Agnes in their yard. Constantine, first Christian emperor, built a church over her grave. Pope Honorius repaired that church some 1300 years ago. Agnes as Saint became the patron of young girls. The eve of her Day (Jan. 21) many girls would resort to quaint magic to discern their future husbands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: St. Agnes' Lambs | 2/2/1931 | See Source »

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