Seeing Europe With Famous Authors, volume 8
Seeing Europe With Famous Authors, volume 8
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A few miles beforereaching Subiaco we skirt a lake, probably one of the Simbrivii Lacuswhich Nero is believed to have made by damming up the Anio. Here hefished for trout with a golden net, and here he built the mountain villawhich he called Sublaqueum--a name which still exists in Subiaco.
Four centuries after the valley had witnessed the orgies of Nero, ayoung patrician of the family of the Anicii-Benedictus, or "the blessedone, " being only fourteen at the time, fled from the seductions of t...hecapital to the rocks of Mentorella, but, being followed thither, soughta more complete solitude in a cave above the falls of the Anio. Here helived unknown to any except the hermit Romanus, who daily let down foodto him, half of his own loaf, by a cord from the top of the cliff. Atlength the hiding-place was revealed to the village priest in a vision, and pilgrims flocked from all quarters to the valley. Through thedisciples who gathered around Benedict, this desolate ravine became thecradle of monastic life in the West, and twelve monasteries rose amidits peaks under the Benedictine rule.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
A few miles beforereaching Subiaco we skirt a lake, probably one of the Simbrivii Lacuswhich Nero is believed to have made by damming up the Anio. Here hefished for trout with a golden net, and here he built the mountain villawhich he called Sublaqueum--a name which still exists in Subiaco.
Four centuries after the valley had witnessed the orgies of Nero, ayoung patrician of the family of the Anicii-Benedictus, or "the blessedone, " being only fourteen at the time, fled from the seductions of t...hecapital to the rocks of Mentorella, but, being followed thither, soughta more complete solitude in a cave above the falls of the Anio. Here helived unknown to any except the hermit Romanus, who daily let down foodto him, half of his own loaf, by a cord from the top of the cliff. Atlength the hiding-place was revealed to the village priest in a vision, and pilgrims flocked from all quarters to the valley. Through thedisciples who gathered around Benedict, this desolate ravine became thecradle of monastic life in the West, and twelve monasteries rose amidits peaks under the Benedictine rule.
What to read after Seeing Europe With Famous Authors, volume 8?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Halsey Francis Whiting to read onlineMoreLess
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