Dum laudibus summis sanctum Annianum, maximum consummatissimumque pontificem, Lupo parem Germanoque non imparem, vis celebrari fideliumque desideras pectoribus infigi viri talis ac tanti mores merita virtutes, cui etiam illud non absque iustitia gloriae datur, quod te successore decessit, exegeras mihi, ut promitterem tibi Attilae bellum stilo me posteris intimaturum, quo videlicet Aurelianensis urbis obsidio oppugnatio, inruptio nec direptio et illa vulgata exauditi caelitus sacerdotis vaticinatio continebatur.
You were anxious that the holy Annianus, that great and consummate prelate, the equal of Lupus and no whit inferior to Germanus, should be glorified with the highest praises, and that there should be implanted in the hearts of the faithful for ever the character, merits, and virtues of that great and good man (a man to whom is most rightly given the crowning glory of having handed on his office to such a successor as you). Accordingly, you have urged me to promise to ply my pen in narrating for posterity the story of the war with Attila, which included, of course, the investment and the attack on Orleans, when the city was invaded but never plundered, and the far-famed prophesy of the priest who won the ear of heaven.
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