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Huiꝰ viſiōis ⁊ īuentōis mētōeꝫ facit beda īcrōica ſua. E ¶ Hec inuētio ſcī ſtephantfcā eſt ea die qͣ eiꝰ paſſio celebrat̉. ⁊ eiꝰ paſſioī hac die fuiſſe d̓r. Feſta āt ab eccl̓a mutataſūt duplici rōne. Prīa eſt qͦniā xp̄s iō natꝰ ēī terrꝭ. vt hō naſceret̉ in cel̓. Decuit igͦr vt natiuitati xp̄i ꝯtinuaret̉ natale ſctī ſtephani qͥpͥmꝰ ꝓ xp̄o martiriū ſuſtinuit. qd̓ ē naſci incelo. vt ꝑ hͦ notaret̉ vnā ex alia ſeq̇. Un̄ etiācantat̉ de ip̄o. Heri xp̄s natꝰ ē in tris vt hodie ſtephanꝰ naſceret̉ in cel̓. Scd̓a rō eſt. qͦniā feſtū d̓ inuētōe ſolēniꝰ agebat̉ qͣꝫ feſtū d̓paſſiōe. Et hͦ tū ꝓpt̓ reuerentiaꝫ natiuitatisdn̄i. tū ꝓpt̓ ml̓ta miracl̓a q̄ in ip̄iꝰ inuentiōedn̄s oſtēdit. Quia gͦ paſſio ip̄iꝰ dignior eſtqͣꝫ inuētio. ⁊ ob hͦ ſolēnior dꝫ eſſe. iō eccl̓a feſtū de paſſione ad aliud tꝑs trāſtulit. in qͦ inampliori reuerētia habeat̉. ¶ Trāſlatio āteiꝰ vt ait Augꝰ. h̓ mō fuit. Nā Alexāder ſenator ꝯſtātinopolitāꝰ hierl̓m cū vxore ſuaadijt. ⁊ ꝓthomartiri ſtephano pulcerrimūoratoriū ꝯſtruxit. ac poſt eiꝰ obitū iuxta eiꝰcorpꝰ ſe ſepeliri fec̄. Euolutꝭ gͦ ſeptē ānis. iuliana eiꝰ vxor ī patriā ſuā volēs redire vtpote q̄ a pͥncipibꝰ iniuriā patiebat̉. corpus virivoluit deferre. Qd̓ cū ab ep̄o ml̓tꝭ p̄cibꝰ poſtulaſſet. ep̄us duos loculos argēteos ꝓtulit dicēs. Nō noui qͦs ſit ex his loculus viritui. Et illa. ego noui. Et īpetū faciēs amplexata ē corpꝰ ſctī ſtephani. Sic ergo dū corpus viri putat acciꝑe. caſu corpꝰ ꝓthomartiris accepit. Cū āt nauim cū corꝑe ꝯſcendiſſet. hymni audiunt̉ angelici. odor effragrat. clamāt demones ſeuā ſuſcuāt tēpeſtatē di. Ue nob̓. qꝛ ꝓthomartir ſtephanꝰ trāſit diro nos v̓berans igne. Cū ergo nautenaufragiū formidarēt. ſtephanꝰ inuocat̉. ⁊ꝯtinuo apparuit eis di. Ego ſū nolite timere. Statīqꝫ trāqͥllitas magͣ ſubſecuta ē. Tōaudite ſūt voces demonū clamantiū. Impie p̓nceps naueꝫ accēde. qꝛ aduerſariꝰ noſter ſtephāꝰ ē in ea. Tūc p̓nceps demonuꝫqͥnqꝫ demōes q̇ nauē incēderet miſit. ſꝫ āgelus dn̄i ī ꝓfundū eos dimerſit. Et cū calcedonē veniſſent. demones clamabāt Seruꝰdei vēit q̇ ab iniq̇s lapidatꝰ ē iudeis. Cōſtā-

tinopolim igr incolumes ꝑuenert̉ ⁊ in qͣdāeccl̓ia corpꝰ .s. ſtephani cū magͣ reuerentiaꝯdidert̉. Hec augꝰ ¶ Cōiūctio āt corꝑis .s.ſtepham cū corꝑe ſctī laurētij hͦ ordīe factafuit. Cōtigit enī eudoxiā filiā theodoſij impatorꝭ a demōe gͣuit̉ cruciari. Qd̓ cū patriſuo ꝯſtātinopolim ꝯſtituto itimatū fuiſſet.iubet filiā ꝯſtātinopolī adduci vi ſacroſctīsꝓthomartirꝭ ſtephani reliquijs tāget̉. Demon āt ī ea clamabat. niſi ſtephāꝰ romā veniat nō exibo. qͦniā ſic ē a pl̓oꝝ volūtas. Qd̓cū īꝑator audiuiſſet a clero ⁊ ppl̓o ꝯſtātinopolitano obtinuit vt corpꝰ ſctī ſtephani romanis darēt. ⁊ ip̄i btī laurētij corpꝰ acciꝑēt.Tūc īꝑator pelagio pape ſuꝑ hoc ſcripſit.Papa v̓o de ꝯſilio cardinaliū iꝑatoris petitioni ꝯſenſit. Miſſi igͦr cōſtātinopoli cardinales corpꝰ ſctī ſtephani romā deferūt etgreci ꝓ accipiēdo corꝑe ſctī laurētij ꝓſequūtur. Capue igr corpꝰ ſtephani recipit̉ ⁊t brachiū eiꝰ dextrū a capuanis deuotis p̄cibusobtinet̉. ⁊ metropolitana eccl̓a in eiꝰ honore fabricat̉. Cū aūt romā veniſſent ⁊ ī eccl̓aꝫſcū petri ad vincula corpꝰ deferre vellēt. vectores ſubſiſtūt nec vltra ꝓccd̓e pn̄t. Demoaūt in puella clamabat. Fruſtra laboratꝭ.qꝛ nō hͨ ſꝫ apud frēm ſuū laurentiū ſedē elegit. Illuc igͦr corpꝰ defert̉. ⁊ ad eiꝰ tactū puella a demōe liberat̉. At laurētiꝰ aduentuifrīs ſui qͣſi ꝯgratulans ⁊ arridēs. in alterāꝑtem ſepulcri ſeceſſit ⁊ medietatē illiꝰ vacuāfratri reliqͥt. Greci v̓o dū manꝰ apponūt vtlaurentiū ferāt ad terrā velut exanimes corruerūt. Sꝫ orātibꝰ ꝓ eis papa ⁊ clero ⁊ ppl̓ovix ad ſe ad veſperaꝫ redierūt. Oēs tn̄ infradecē dies mortui ſūt. Latini etiā q̇ ſibi ꝯſenſerāt in freneſim v̓ſi ſanari nō potuerūt. qͣaduſqꝫ ſctōꝝ corꝑa inſiml̓ tumulata fuert̉Tūc vox de celo audita ē. O felix roma q̄corpꝰ laurētij hiſpani ⁊ ſtephani hierolim:tani tā glorioſa pignora vno claudis mauſoleo. Fcā eſt āt iſta ꝯiūctio. ix. kal̓. maij. circa ānos dn̄i.ccccxxv. ¶ ¶ Refert Augꝰ.ī li. xxij. d̓ ciui. dei. ſex mortuos ad iuocationē ſancti ſtephani ſuſcitatos. vicꝫ quendaꝫq̇ cū mortuus ſic iaceret vt exiam pollices