 | Geoffrey (of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph) - 1842 - 332 pages
...groves, and magnificence of the royal palaces with lofty gilded roofs that adorned it, made it even rival the grandeur of Rome. It was also famous for two churches...wholly to the service of God; but the other, which was founded in memory of St. Aaron, his companion, and maintained a convent of ^canons, was the third metropolitan... | |
 | John Allen Giles, Gildas - 1848 - 572 pages
...groves, and magnificence of the royal palaces with lofty gilded roofs that adorned it, made it even rival the grandeur of Rome. It was also famous for two churches...wholly to the service of God ; but the other, which was founded in memory of St. Aaron, his companion, and maintained a convent of canons, was the third metropolitan... | |
 | John Allen Giles - 1848 - 552 pages
...and magnificence of the royal palaces with lofty gilded roof's that adorned it, made it even rival the grandeur of Rome. It was also famous for two churches...virgins, who had devoted themselves wholly to the servico of God ; but the other, which was founded in memory of St. Aaron, his companion, and maintained... | |
 | George Ayliffe Poole - 1848 - 478 pages
...adorned it, made it even rival the grandeur of Rome. It was also famous for two churches,—whereof one was built in honour of the martyr Julius, and...wholly to the service of GOD; but the other which was founded in memory of S. Aaron, 2 his companion, and maintained a convent of canons, was the third metropolitan... | |
 | John Allen Giles, Gildas - 1848 - 542 pages
...and magnificence of the royal palaces with lofty gilded roof's that adorned it, made it even rival the grandeur of Rome. It was also famous for two churches ; whereof one was buih in honour of the martyr Julius, and adorned with a choir of virgins, who had devoted themselves... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1859 - 440 pages
...and magnificence of the royal palaces, with lofty gilded roofs that adorned it, made it even rival the grandeur of Rome. It was also famous for two churches, whereof one was adorned with a choir of virgins, who devoted themselves wholly to the service of God, and the other... | |
 | Arthur (king.) - 1862 - 358 pages
...them, made it even rival the grandeur of Rome. It was famous also for two marvellously great and noble churches, whereof one was built in honour of the martyr...had devoted themselves wholly to the service of God ; and the other, founded in memory of S. Aaron, his companion, maintained a convent of canons, and... | |
 | 1868 - 266 pages
...also for two great and noble churches, whereof one was built in King Ryence s Insolent Message. 47 honour of the martyr Julius, and adorned with a choir...had devoted themselves wholly to the service of God ; and the other, founded in memory of St. Aaron, his companion, maintained a convent of canons, and... | |
 | John Allen Giles - 1872 - 554 pages
...groves, and magnificence of the royal palaces with lofty gilded roofs that adorned it, made it even rival the grandeur of Rome. It was also famous for two churches...wholly to the service of God ; but the other, which was founded in memory of St. Aaron, his companion, and maintained a convent of canons, was the third metropolitan... | |
 | Sabine Baring Gould - 1874 - 434 pages
...says elsewhere of Caerleon that "it was in Glamorganshire upon the river Usk, near the Severn Sea .... it was also famous for two churches, whereof one was...wholly to the service of God ; but the other, which was founded in memory of S. Aaron, his companion, and maintained a convent of canons, was the third metropolitan... | |
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... beyond the seas might have the convenience of sailing up to it. On the other side, the beauty of the meadows and groves, and magnificence of the royal palaces with lofty gilded roofs that adorned it, made it even rival the grandeur of Rome. It was... 
