Res Gestae

In that place you find the following words: When some barbarians[*](They were Goths.) were on their way to Italy, they turned aside and went to Severinus’ abode with a view to earning his benediction; among them also came Odoacar, who afterwards ruled in Italy, a youth of tall stature, but very poorly clad; and when he bowed his head, in order that it might not touch the roof of the very low cell, he learned from the man of God that he would attain glory. And as Odoacar bade him farewell, Severinus said: Go on to Italy; go on, now clad in paltry skins, but soon to be able to give great gifts to many.