ABSTRACT
It is related of Pope Gregory the Great (540–604 A.D.) that when he was still a Benedictine monk he saw some English slaves of marvelous beauty exposed for sale in the Roman market. The Roman usage was, as it is now in Oriental slave markets, to expose slaves for sale naked (Fig. 31). Gregory was so impressed with the beauty and intelligence of these slaves that he said:
“Non Angli, sed Angeli sunt!”
