92 



Lionel's Death and Burial 



in 1393^ 



that his body shall be buried before the high altar in the choir 



of the abbey church at Clare. Galeotto del Carretto," the 



"The remains of Augustine were, according to tradition, carried in 

 496 from Hippo to Sardinia, and thence removed by Liutprand to Pavia 

 in 723. The beautiful shrine which stands behind the high altar, and 

 bears the date of 1362, was probably executed between 1360 and 1380, and 

 therefore was not completed at Lionel's death in 1368 (Natali, Pavia e la 

 sua Certosa, Pavia, 1911, pp. 34-5; Le Chiese di Pavia, Part I (in the 

 series entitled U Italia Monutnentale), Milan, 1913, pp. 35-9; cf. Venturi, 

 Storia dell' Arte 4. 592-605). In Magenta (p. 164), where, as in the 

 preceding, the shrine is represented, there is a fuller account of its 

 history. Magenta declares that the shrine was begun on Dec. 14, 1362, 

 that the foundation was laid in the sacristy of the church, and that it 

 was completed in 1370. It remained in the sacristy at least till after 1461, 

 at which time the bones of the saint were reputed to lie in a chapel of 

 the crypt; they were, however, not rediscovered till 1605 {op. cit., pp. 

 163-4). It is therefore no doubt in the crypt that the earlier resting-place 

 of Lionel's remains is to be sought, if we assume that Capgrave is to be 

 believed (but cf. p. 95). 



As the resting-place of Boethius (see the picture of the tower where 

 he is supposed to have been imprisoned, in Magenta i. 162), S. Pietro 

 in Ciel d'Oro was celebrated by Dante {Par. 10. 127-9), where he 

 speaks of the philosopher's soul : 



Lo corpo ond' ella fu cacciata giace 



Giuso in Cieldauro, ed essa da martiro 



E da esilio venne a questa pace. 



('The body whence it was chased forth lieth down below in Ciel d'Oro, 

 and itself from martyrdom and exile came unto this peace.') 



In a famous letter of Petrarch's to Boccaccio, written probably in 

 1365 (cf. p. 79), he thus refers to S. Pietro: 'You would have seen 

 where St. Augustine is buried, and where Boethius found a fitting place 

 of exile in which to spend his old age and to die. They now repose 

 together in two urns, under the same roof with King Liutprand, who 

 transferred the body of St. Augustine from Sardinia to this city. This 

 is indeed a pious and devout concourse of illustrious men.' Boccaccio also 

 refers to the church {Dec. 10. 9). An Augustinian monastery was erected 

 at the right of the church in 1327 (Natali, p. 2>2>) ■ 



^"Though Kervyn says otherwise (21. 2-3). 



"Af. H. P., p. 1212: 'De la cui morte Galeatio e tutti gli Lombardi molto 

 se dolsero, et portato morto in Pavia cum infinite spese, et in parte 

 mandato in la patria, fu sepellito in Pavia.' Magenta (p. 135) says 

 expressly: 'Mori il 15 [but see above, p. 90] ottobre del 1368, gettando 

 in un profondo duolo la nostra Corte, che diede alle ceneri di lui sepoltura 

 nella basilica di S. Pietro in Ciel d'Oro.' 



