Relatu quoque uirtutum ipsius ac apostolicę exinde confirmationis corroboratione latius peruolitante, non modo e uicino, uerum ex regionibus circumiacentibus nobilium sicut et populi annuatim innumera concurrit multitudo, deuotionis suę quique signa deferentes eiusque suffragia fideliter deposcentes. Regina etiam Ethela prudentissima, eius hactenus, ut pretulimus, coniunx nobilissima, iam ultra Italię terminos Rogeri, Appuliensium ducis illustrissimi, thalami comes effecta, tantis et adeo desideratis de carissimo quondam coniuge rumoribus auditis superno bonorum auctori debita referens, preciosa dilecti sui pignora preciosis transmissis donis adornat,

ut, cui hic coniugii pudici affectu decenter inheserat, eum iam a seculo sequestratum ac superis associatum et mente recoleret et, quem presentia non poterat, muneribus transmissis decentibus honoraret. Unde ex collatis et conseruatis regis imperio et reuerendi eiusdem sedis pontificis Hubaldi consilio simul et amminiculo

ossibus arca sacris insigni scemate † facta

conficitur, puro nitidi fuluique metallo,

ceruleis, croceis pulchre decorata lapillis,

quo possent sancti iam pignora sancta recondi.

As reports of his miracles and the confirmation of apostolic authority spread ever more widely, not only from nearby places but from surrounding regions as well, great multitudes of nobles and common people gathered each year, bringing tokens of their devotion and faithfully seeking his intercession.

Queen Adela, most prudent of women and, as previously noted, his noble wife — now, beyond the borders of Italy, the consort of Roger, the illustrious duke of Apulia — having heard such great and long-desired news concerning her beloved husband, returned due thanks to the supreme author of all good things. She adorned the precious relics of her beloved with costly gifts sent from afar, so that she might honor with fitting offerings him to whom she had once been joined in chaste marriage, and whom she now recalled in spirit as removed from the world and joined to the saints, even though she could no longer honor him in person.

From these contributions, preserved by royal authority and with the counsel and assistance of Bishop Hubald of that same see, a sacred shrine was fashioned for the holy bones — made in an ornate design of pure, shining gold, beautifully adorned with blue and golden stones — so that the holy relics might be fittingly enclosed.