The church-history of Brittany from the beginning of Christianity to the Norman conquest under Roman governours, Brittish kings, the English-Saxon heptarchy, the English-Saxon (and Danish) monarchy ... : from all which is evidently demonstrated that the present Roman Catholick religion hath from the beginning, without interruption or change been professed in this our island, &c. / by R.F., S. Cressy of the Holy Order of S. Benedict.
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The church-history of Brittany from the beginning of Christianity to the Norman conquest under Roman governours, Brittish kings, the English-Saxon heptarchy, the English-Saxon (and Danish) monarchy ... : from all which is evidently demonstrated that the present Roman Catholick religion hath from the beginning, without interruption or change been professed in this our island, &c. / by R.F., S. Cressy of the Holy Order of S. Benedict.
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Cressy, Serenus, 1605-1674.
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[Rouen :: For the author],
1668.
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Great Britain -- Church history -- 449-1066.
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"The church-history of Brittany from the beginning of Christianity to the Norman conquest under Roman governours, Brittish kings, the English-Saxon heptarchy, the English-Saxon (and Danish) monarchy ... : from all which is evidently demonstrated that the present Roman Catholick religion hath from the beginning, without interruption or change been professed in this our island, &c. / by R.F., S. Cressy of the Holy Order of S. Benedict." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A34964.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 11, 2025.
1. AFter four years raign, the young Em∣perour Valentinian who with great bloodshed had recovered his Empire,* 1.2from which he had been forced to fly into banishment, was slain neer the same Citty of Lyons which had been a witnes of his Brothers murder: and his dead body was dishonour'd with hanging, saith S. Hierom. This was done by the treason of his Count Arbogastes. He had desir'd Baptism from S. Ambrose, but was slain before it could be administred.
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* 1.32. In his place the Tyrant Eugenius invaded the Empire of the West, in shew a Christian, but indeed addicted to Heathenish supersti∣tion. Who was the next year slain by Theodo∣sius,* 1.4who, saith Ruffinus, prepared himself to the warr, not so much with help of arms as fasting and prayer: He fortified himself with night-wat∣chings rather in Churches then camps, and made Processions through all places devoted to Prayer, being accompanied with the Preists and people: He lay prostrate before the Monuments of the Apostles and Martyrs, coverd with sack-cloath, and begg'd divine assistance by a confident hope of the inter∣cession of Gods Saints.
* 1.53. The Generall employ'd Theodosius in this warr was Stilico, call'd out of Brittany for that purpose: Where he had settled the coun∣trey by repressing the incursions of the Picts and Scotts, whom he overcame in severall incounters: and when he left the Island, he placed for its defence against those restlesse enemies a Roman Legion at the Northern borders.