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Non Angli sed Angeli, si forent Christiani

Words attributed to Gregory (the Great) in 573 when some British children reduced to slavery were shown him at Rome. Gregory was at the time about thirty-five years of age, and was both abbot and cardinaldeacon.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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