[J] P. =14=, l. 1. The reference is to the temple built in honor of Mercurius Dumias (Mercury of the Dôme) on Puy-de-Dôme, the dominating peak among the mountains about Gregory’s native place. He had no doubt frequently visited it. For the term _Vasso Galatae_, see _Art._, _Vassocaletis_ in _Alt-Celtischer Sprachschatz_, edited by A. Hohler. [K] P. =15=, l. 3. Cf. note to p. 6. [L] P. =16=, l. 4. St. Martin died in 397. His fame in later ages is largely due to the life written about 400 by his disciple Sulpicius Severus. This work had a large circulation in Gaul and became a model for saints’ lives. It is full of miracles and Gregory’s _Miracles of St. Martin_ is merely a continuation of it. The best edition of Severus’ works is by Hahn, Vienna, 1866. [M] P. =16=, l. 38. For a similar case of “taboo of the threshold,” see p. 200. The custom of taking a corpse out by some other opening than the ordinary door is widely spread among primitive peoples. Cf. _Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics_, edited by J. Hastings, _Art._, _Death_. [N] P. =21=, l. 28. Cf. _Notes_ on p. 6, l. 36 and p. 16, l. 4. Sulpicius Severus wrote also an epitome of sacred history from the creation of the world down to 400 A.D. The best edition is _La Chronique de Sulpice Sévère_, by A. Lavertrujon, Paris, 1896. [O] P. =21=, c. 1. The source of the story of Bricius is unknown. A _Brictio_, described as a man of bad character, is mentioned by Sulpicius Severus (_Dialogi_, 3) and by Venantius Fortunatus. [P] P. =24=, l. 4. The Vandals invaded Gaul in 406 and moved on to Spain in 409 and across to Africa in 427 or 428. [Q] P. =24=, l. 7 f. The conception of war at this time was largely that the side with the strongest supernatural backing would win. As the supernatural forces on each side could be tested easily by a battle of champions, it was natural that this should be resorted to occasionally, at least in legend. Cf. _Introd._, p. xxiv. See also p. 230. [R] P. =26=, l. 1. To Gregory’s mind the burning of the city of Metz was of interest mainly because it brought out this conclusion. See also l. 37 below. [S] P. =27=, c. 9. The historians, Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus and Sulpicius Alexander, are known only by the quotations given here. The elaborate method of citing authorities found in this chapter does not occur anywhere else in the _History of the Franks_. [T] P. =31=, l. 23. =In consolaribus legimus.= Nothing further is known of this source. If the following sentences are also drawn from it, it is plain that its writer speaks as one living to the north of the Loire before the conquest of that country by the Franks. Monod, _Sources de l’histoire mérovingienne_, p. 85. [U] P. =33=, c. 14-16. For Merovingian church architecture see Enlart, _Archéologie française_, vol. 1, ch. 2. No trace of the churches mentioned by Gregory survives.