In response to the request made in 1079 by Vratislaus, duke of Bohemia, seeking permission to use Slavonic in local church services.
Awake! magazine December 2011, page 7; They Tried to Keep God’s Word From the Masses.
Gregorio VII: Frases en inglés
“I have loved righteousness and hated iniquity, and therefore I die in exile.”
Dilexi iustitiam et odi iniquitatem; propterea morior in exilio.
Last words, as quoted in Joseph Priestley A General History of the Christian Church Vol. 1 (1802), p. 361.