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322:. The latter, however, decided in favour of Virgil. Later on, Boniface accused Virgil of spreading discord between himself and Duke Odilo of Bavaria and of teaching a doctrine in regard to men descended not from Adam, which was "contrary to the Scriptures". Pope Zachary's decision in this case was that "if it shall be clearly established that he professes belief in another world and other people existing beneath the earth, or in sun and moon there, thou art to hold a council, and deprive him of his sacerdotal rank, and expel him from the church." 366: 39: 550: 538: 514: 526: 956: 925: 502: 329:
and the universality of redemption; secondly, that Virgil succeeded in freeing himself from the charge of teaching a doctrine contrary to Scripture. It is likely that Boniface, already biased against Virgil because of the preceding case, misunderstood him, taking it for granted, perhaps, that if
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His doctrine that the earth is a sphere was derived from the teaching of ancient geographers, and his belief in the existence of the antipodes was probably influenced by the accounts which the ancient Irish voyagers gave of their journeys. This, at least, is the opinion of Rettberg
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Around 745, he left Ireland, intending to visit the Holy Land; but, like many of his countrymen, who seemed to have adopted this practice as a work of piety, he settled down in France, where he was received with great favour by
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The treatise in which Virgil expounded his doctrine no longer exists. Two things, however, are certain: first, that there was involved the problem of
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in 766 or 767 and laboured successfully for the upbuilding of his diocese as well as for the
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A large marble statue of him stands outside the doors of Salzburg Cathedral. A
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He originated from a noble family of Ireland, where his name was
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window of St Virgil contemplating the antipodes sits in
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Baptizo te in nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti
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to Christianity; he also sent missionaries to Hungary.
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is named for him. There was a St Virgilius Church in
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using, in place of the correct formula, the words "
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Index

Saint

Salzburg Cathedral
Salzburg
Avar March
Frankish Empire
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized
Pope Gregory IX
Feast
Irish
priest
astronomer
Holy Land
Francia
abbot of Aghaboe
bishop of Ossory
bishop of Salzburg
Carinthia
geometer
Feirgil or Fearghal
Niall of the Nine Hostages
Iona
Annals of the Four Masters
Annals of Ulster
Aghaboe
County Laois
Pippin the Younger
Mayor of the Palace

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