Note 452 — XII. PETER DAMIANI.
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The popular feelings which greeted his interposition are well conveyed in the jingling verse addressed to him by a holy hermit—
Una Sunamitis nupsit tribus maritis; Rex Henrice, Omnipotentis vice, Solve connubium, triforme, dubium. (Annalista Saxo, ann. 1046.)
The invitation to interfere, however, was not needed. Henry’s prerogative as the representative of Charlemagne and Otho the Great was sufficient warrant, and his religious ardor an ample motive, without any special reference to his tribunal.