In France, the "Ave Maria" seems to have been the ordinary label for Angelus bells; but in Germany the most common inscription of all, even in the case of many bells of the 13th century, is the words "O Rex Gloriæ Veni Cum Pace" ("O King of Glory, Come with Peace"). In Germany, the Netherlands, and in some parts of France, the Angelus bell was regularly known as the "Peace bell", and "pro pace schlagen" (to toll for peace) was a phrase popularly used for ringing the Angelus.