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POM PEI AN A. 57
torrents of lava; while the city of Naples
was supposed to have been saved by the
interposition of St. Januarius, who, active in
quelling its fury, was imagined in the air
over the volcano, by the superstitious, in
whose minds it also foretold the dissolu-
tion of Pope Benedict II.
993, 1036, 1049' • The explosions of
Vesuvius were, during these agesrno longer
looked upon as great operations of nature.
They were only regarded as the pranks
of those supernatural beings, whose sole
power over humanity was the infliction of
evil; the boundaries of hell were here sup-
posed to be advanced amongst the abodes
of the living, and the infernal fire exhibited
upon earth, in terror to its degenerate
inhabitants; who were hurried into the
abyss prepared for them, almost while life
yet lingered over the remains of mortality.
An engine so well adapted to the pur-
1 Cronico Cassinense.
torrents of lava; while the city of Naples
was supposed to have been saved by the
interposition of St. Januarius, who, active in
quelling its fury, was imagined in the air
over the volcano, by the superstitious, in
whose minds it also foretold the dissolu-
tion of Pope Benedict II.
993, 1036, 1049' • The explosions of
Vesuvius were, during these agesrno longer
looked upon as great operations of nature.
They were only regarded as the pranks
of those supernatural beings, whose sole
power over humanity was the infliction of
evil; the boundaries of hell were here sup-
posed to be advanced amongst the abodes
of the living, and the infernal fire exhibited
upon earth, in terror to its degenerate
inhabitants; who were hurried into the
abyss prepared for them, almost while life
yet lingered over the remains of mortality.
An engine so well adapted to the pur-
1 Cronico Cassinense.