On The Conversion Of The Saxons

Pope Hadrian I, To King Charles (Codex Epistolaris Carolinus 91), AD 786: “Still more did we learn there of your God-protected royal triumph, of how you brought the savage and hostile race of the Saxons to the worship of God and the correct faith of His Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church and how, with God’s help and the intercession of Peter and Paul princes of the apostles, you subjected their necks to your rule and authority… and through divine inspiration and royal exertion led the whole of the Saxon race to the sacred font of baptism. For this we have uttered abundant praise to the divine clemency, because in our and your time this pagan race has been brought to true and great religion and perfect faith, and subjected to your royal rule.”