Die rätselhafte Grabinschrift von Sylvester II

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The church of S. Croce has seen another strange death of a Pope, — that of Sylvester II. (999‑1003), a Frenchman, Gerbert by name. A legend, related first by cardinal Benno in 1099, describes him as deep in necromantic knowledge, which he had gathered during a journey through the Hispano-Arabic provinces. He is said to have carried in his travels a sort of diabolical oracle, a brazen head which uttered prophetic answers. After his election, in 999, he inquired how long he should remain in power; the response was "as long as he avoided saying mass in Jerusalem." The prophecy was soon fulfilled. He expired in great agony on Quadragesima Sunday, 1003, while celebrating mass in this church, the classic name of which he seems not to have known. The legend asserts that his sins were pardoned by God, and that he was given an honorable burial in the church of S. John Lateran. A mysterious influence, however, hung over his grave. Whenever one of his was approaching the end of life, the bones of Sylvester would stir in their vault, and the marble lid would be moistened with drops of water, as stated in the epitaph, which is still visible in S. John Lateran, against one of the pillars of the first right aisle. It begins with the distich:—

ISTE LOCVS MVNDI SILVESTRI MEMBRA SEPVLTI
VENTVRO DOMINO CONFERET AD SONITVM.

Weiß einer von euch, was dieser "moist", also Feuchtigkeit oder Tropfen am Grabstein soll? Und ist er bereits aufgetreten? Das würde dann heißen...!
Und kann einer von euch Latein?
Einen deutschsprachigen Link fand ich zum Thema leider nicht.
Obwohl ursprünglich kein Rasseln gemeint war, sondern ein "Nachgeben" der Knochen.
Sylvester II war angeblich ein Zauberer und wurde während einer Schwarzen Messe von Dämonen zerstückelt.

MfG Deyvotelh



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