Slavs attack Brandenburg an der Havel, forcing Magrave Dietrich, Bishop Volkmar and their men to flee, after which the local priests are captured, the body of Bishop Dodilo exhumed and plundered along with the rest of the church.
Transactis autem trium spaciis dierum Sclavorum conspirata manus Brandenburgiensem episcopatum, XXX annos ante Magadaburgiensem constitutum, cum iam prima sonaretur, invasit, fugiente prius tercio antistite eiusdem Wolcmero, et defensore eius Thiedrico ac militibus ipsa die vix evadentibus. Clerus ibidem capitur, et Dodilo, eiusdem sedis antistes II., qui a suis strangulatus tres annos iacuit tunc sepultus, e tumulo eruitur et, integro adhuc eius corpore ac sacerdotali apparatu, ab avaris canibus predatur et iterum temere reponitur; omnis aecclesie thesaurus distrahitur et sanguis multorum miserabiliter effunditur. Vice Christi et piscatoris eiusdem venerabilis Petri varia demoniacae heresis cultura deinceps veneratur, et flebilis haec mutacio non solum a gentilibus, verum etiam a christanis extollitur.
Translation :
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Edition :
Thietmari Merseburgensis Episcopi Chronicon, In: W. Trillmich; S. Patzold, Thietmar von Merseburg: Chronik (FSGA 9), 9th Ed. Darmstadt 2017.
Remark :
context: For the preceding attack, refer to: "Slavs attack and kill the garrison of Havelberg, destroying the local episcopal see as well."
