1039 discursus iii. flagella peccatoris Ecclesiae fuisset sacrum caput demessum, ter in terra prosilierit, et subito tres fontes sanguinis, lactis, et purissimae sapidissimae- que lymphae, eruperint, quorum etsi nunc aequalis color est, tamen sapor, uti dixi me omnino id deprehendisse, diversissimus49. Et id non sine grandi mysterio, sanguineus enim fons ferventissimum zelum in praedicando Christo, amando, confitendo usque ad sanguinem huius Apostoli denotat: iuxta illud Christi de illo edictum: “Vas electionis est mihi iste, ut portet nomen meum coram gentibus, et regibus, et filiis Israel: ego enim ostendam illi quanta oporteat eum pro nomine meo pati” (Act 9[, 15-16]). Ecquanta? Audite Apostolum ipsa enumerantemubi se probat, ministrum Christi plusquam alios probatum: “In laboribus plurimis, in carceribus abundantius, in plagis supra modum, in mortibus frequenter [...], in itineribus saepe, periculis fluminum, periculis latronum, periculis ex genere, periculis ex Gentibus, periculis in civitate, periculis in [Fr] solitudine, periculis in mari, periculis in falsis fratribus: in labore, et aerumna, in vigiliis multis, in fame et siti, in ieiuniis multis, in frigore et nuditate: praeter illa, quae extrinsecus sunt, instantia a quotidiana, sollicitudo omnium Ec- clesiarum” (2 Cor 11[, 23-28]): et tandem gladio supposita cervix. Haec sunt propria sanguinei fontis. a add. “mea” (BSV) Ad lacteum pertinet materna teneritudo, qua filios Christo pariebat, et educabat adeo suavitate admirabili, ut omnibus omnia 49 Cf. Anon., Tre Fontane, Abbazia delle Tre Fontane 1967, pp. 7-8: “Among the hallowed spots of Rome which are dear to the feelings of veneration of the faithful, and since time immemorial have been the goal of pilgrims coming from every part of Christendom, this strip of land where St. Paul the Apostle offered his head to the executioner’s sword in supreme testimony to his faith in Christ and to his love of Him, has always been held in the greatest honour. This spot, tertio miliario ab Urbe [...] was known in ancient times as Acque Salvie [...] and later came to be called Tre Fontane [...]. For as a legend would have it, as the head of St. Paul was severed from his body it bounded three times as it rolled down the slight incline, and on each of these three spots a fountain is said to have miraculously sprung. [...]” Ibi etiam legitur quod “the three fountains” fuerunt “sealed up in 1950,” proinde affirmationem auctoris circa diversum eorum saporem non possumus hodie verificare.
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