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HIC POSITUS EST
ROLLO
NORMANNIAE A SE TERRITAE, VASTATAE,
RESTITUTAE,
PRIMUS DUX, C.ONDITOR, PATER,
A FRANCONE ARCHIEP. ROTOM.
BAPTIZATUS AMMO DCCCCXII,
OBIIT ANNO DCCCCXVII.
OSSA IPIUS IN VETERI SANCTUARIO,
NUNC CAPITE NAVIS, PRIMUM CONDITA,
TRANSLATO ALTARI, HIC COLLACATA
SUNT A B. MAURILIO ARCHIEP. ROTOM.
ANNO MLXII
Translation:
Here lies
Rollo
Normandy having been by him terrified, wasted,
and restored,
He became its first duke, founder and father.
By Francone Archbishop of Rotom.
He was baptized in the year 912.
He died in the year 917.
His bones were taken from their former sanctuary
where they were preserved,
And were brought here and are now placed
In the altar at the head of the Nave
By B. Maurilius, Archbishop
of Rotom.
Anno 1062.
Two other epitaphs in rhyming Latin, which were
previously upon his tomb, are recorded by various authors; the first of
them began with the three following lines. [Account of a Tour in Normandy, vol. 1, London
1820, by Dawson
Turner.]
DUX NORMANNORUM,
CUNCTORUM NORMA BONORUM,
ROLLO FERUS FORTIS,
QUEM GENS NORMANNICA MORTIS
INVOCAT ARTICULO,
CLAUDITOR HOC TUMULO.
Translation:
A leader of the Normans
A Norman
with every good quality, Rollo,
Ferocious, brave, who being dead, His body is
confined in this tomb.
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