Ep. xii., ad Se
1
This only exists in an interpolated condition.
2
Euseb., "Hist. Eccl.," lib. iv., cap. xv.
3
S. Paulinus was born a. d. 353, and elected Bishop of Nola a. d. 409. Prudentius was born a. d. 348.
4
Ep. xii., ad Severum, "His holy bones 'neath lasting altars rest."
7
"Eccl. Hierarch.," cap. iii.
8
S. Damasus was born a. d. 304, and died a. d. 384.
9
He died a. d. 250; see Ep. i.
10
Born a. d. 160, died a. d. 245.
12
Lib. xx., contra Faustum, cap. xxi.
13
The copies of these letters prefixed to the Martyrology vary greatly, and their authenticity has been questioned; but the circumstance is probably true.
14
The Hermits, by Rev. C. Kingsley, p. 153, 154.
15
This passage has been quoted by some to show that at this period special vestments were not in general use for the Eucharist, as an argument against their present use. But it by no means appears from the passage quoted that Fulgentius did not wear Eucharistic vestments. It simply says that he wore at Mass the habit he lived and slept in. This is what monks and friars do now; they put the vestment over the habit.
16
Kingsley, The Hermits, p. 4, 6.
17
The custom of blessing bread and distributing it amongst the faithful, prevails still in the French Church, as may be seen at any festival in a church of importance. The blessed bread is not to be confounded with the Holy Eucharist. It is taken about the church in baskets, and is a sort of sweet-cake. This is a relic of the ancient Love Feasts or Agapæ.
22
Zenas and Peter de Nat. The latter does not say that S. Paul visited Crete, but that he sent Titus there. S. Paul says, "I left thee in Crete," Tit. i. 4, showing that he did visit that island with Titus.
30
Hist., lib. iv. c. 10.
31
On the Blackwater; there is no city there now, but numerous traces of an ancient settlement, and an old chapel marks the site, in the parish of Bradwell.
32
Lastingham, near Pickering, in Yorkshire.
