Penitenziagite

Penitenziagite ("Do Penance") is a shortened version in vulgar Latin of the phrase "Poenitentiam agite, appropinquavit enim regnum caelorum", meaning "Repent: the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."^[1] (Matthew 4:17).

The phrase was used by the Dulcinian movement founded by Gerard Segarelli (1240–1300) in the early 13th century, a movement named after the disciple Fra Dolcino.^[2]

The phrase is used in the novel The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco and in the Jean-Jacques Annaud movie of same name.

It is also used in the chorus of the vocaloid song "Witch" by Megurine Luka.

See also

• Poenitentiam agite

References

1. ↑ See the translations at "Sacred Texts: Matthew Chapter 3".  and "Sacred Texts: Matthew Chapter 4". Retrieved 2009-06-18. 
2. ↑ Fra Dolcino Il Grido (Italian) archive.org (Translated)