Epitaph of Ecgwine, bishop of Worcester (d. 717?) University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/N.Ecgwine.Epit Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Library of Congress Subject Headings Latin Poems Epitaph of Ecgwine, bishop of Worcester (d. 717?)
Rupe sub hac uili tegitur uir summus, et urna Clauditur angusta, quem subuehit alta per orbem Veri fama uolans. Genus hic spectabile duxit Et mores habuit preclaros magnaque gessit. Ecclesiam fecit quam nunc dicunt Eouesham; Ditauit terris, et multa nobilitauit Libertate locum. Qui regni iura tenebat Omnimodam scripsit, subscripsit curia regni Et qui Romanam sedem tunc papa regebat Confirmauit eam proprio testante sigillo. Vita migrauit cum solis per Capricornum Tertius ac decimus medians existeret ortus.