de-ira-ns

Updated: May 29, 2025

"Truly," he said, "De-ira-ns, drawn from anger, and called to the mercy of Christ. How is your king called?" They answered, "Ælla, or Ella." Then he cried "Alleluia! it behooves that the praise of God the Creator should be sung in those parts."

Alfred Wesley Wishart - A Short History of Monks and Monasteries