This seems to me a thing to be noticed, that just as the men of this country are, during this mortal life, more prone to anger and revenge than any other race, so in eternal death the saints of this land, that have been elevated by their merits, are more vindictive than the saints of any other region.
medieval clergyman and historian
Gerald of Wales (c. 1146 – c. 1223) was a churchman and writer of Welsh birth, and of mixed Welsh and Norman ancestry. He was born Gerald de Barri, but as an author is usually known as Giraldus Cambrensis or as Gerald of Wales.
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Alternative Names:
Giraldus Cambrensis
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Girardus Barrius
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Girald de Barri
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Sylvester Giraldus
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Gerald de Barri
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Giraldo Cambrense
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Gerald de Barry
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Silvester Giraldus Cambrensis
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Girauld de Barri
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Gerallt Gymro
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Giraldo di Barri
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Giraud de Barri
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Giraud le Cambrien
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Sylvester Cambrensis
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Giraldus de Barri
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Silvester G. Cambrensis
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Giraldo Cambrese
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Giraldus was the youngest of four blood-brothers. And when the three others in their childish games used to build castles and cities and palaces in the sands or mud, as a prelude to their future life, he, as a like prelude, always devoted himself entirely to building churches and to constructing monasteries.
Qui cum ex fratribus quatuor germanis pariter et uterinis natu minor existeret, tribus aliis nunc castra nunc oppida nunc palatia puerilibus, ut solet haec aetas, praeludiis in sabulo vel pulvere protrahentibus construentibus, modulo suo, solus hic simili praeludio semper ecclesias eligere et monasteria construere tota intentione satagebat.