Adtondebantur omnes in coronam ministri altaris, ac monachi: et quasi novo se discipulatui beatissimi apostolorum principis Petri subditam, eiusque tutandam patrocinio gens correcta gaudebat.
All servants of the altar and monks had their heads shaven after the figure of a crown; and the country being well reformed was glad that they were as it were reduced to be new disciples of Peter the most blessed chief of the apostles, and were to be kept safe under his protection.
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