Rabanus Maurus

He extends to this queen the staff he holds in his hand when he shows her the power of his rule, or rather the cross of his passion through which he has acquired for himself power in Heaven, on earth, and below the earth; so that "in his name every creature—celestial, terrestrial and infernal—shall bend his knee." In fact, she kisses this staff lovingly, that is, she reveres it with total devotion.

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