[gothic-l] Hic jacet Rodericus

[Carlos Carvalho]

A tomb in Viseu says:

"Hic jacet Rodericus ultimus Rex Gothorum
maledictus furor impius Juliani pertinax
indinatio ejus quia dura Vesanus furia
animosus indignatione, impetuosus
furore, oblitus fidelitatis."

This is a fact unknown by most of the
people who visit the town, because the
church where it was deposed, S. Miguel do Fetal,
 is normally closed.

I think that along with him some nobles
necessarily would accompany his corpse or the
alive king (it is not known if he died there or not,
the tradition says 2 years after arriving, as a monk).
These people would be in the genesis of later
powerfull portuguese counts that appear there and later made
the court of Ramiro II, king of Leon, who reigned from Viseu.

I would appreciate your comments on this if possible.

Kind regards,

Carlos Carvalho
(Maia - Portugal)



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