¬The¬ Tourist in Italy.- (¬The¬ landscape annual ; 1833)
Page 195 of 334
Author:
Roscoe, Thomas ; Harding, James Duffield [Ill.] / by Thomas Roscoe. Ill. from drawings by J. D. Harding
Place:
London
Publisher:
Jennings and Chaplin
Physical description:
271 S., [24] Bl. : Ill.
Language:
Englisch
Subject heading:
g.Italien;f.Führer
Location mark:
II 302.332
Intern ID:
499514
Pope Stephen IX., in passing near Val- lombrosa, sent messengers with an intimation that he desired to see him. John, however, was unwell, and excused himself on that plea. The pope again sent ; and, expressing the most earnest wish for his company, told the messengers that if he could come in no other way he must come on his bed. Excuses were now in vain, and the abbot, believing that the pope's earnestness was simply the result of a useless curiosity, prayed God that he would not oblige him
to have his pride or vanity thus pampered. His prayer, it is said, was heard. A violent storm came on as they were carrying him down the valley, and the attendants found themselves obliged to return with speed to the abbey. Such was the founder of the monastery of Vallom- brosa ; nor will the traveller, as he throws himself beneath the shade of the old venerable trees that frown about his path, forget the virtues, the benevo lence, and humility of John Gualbertus. Beautiful as these wild scenes are