_Julius_ had, soon after, the Satisfaction of receiving a solemn Retractation made by _Ursacius_ Bishop of _Singidunum_, and _Valens_ Bishop of _Mursus_, Two of _Athanasius_’s most inveterate Enemies, publicly owning, that whatever they had said or written against him was utterly false, groundless, and invented out of pure Malice: at the same time they embraced his Communion, and anathematized the Heresy of _Arius_, and all who held or defended his Tenets. This Act _Valens_ writ with his own Hand, and _Ursacius_ signed it; whereupon they were both admitted by _Julius_ to the Communion of the Church[707][N13]. This Retraction, though not at all sincere, but merely owing to Policy, greatly contributed to the Justification of _Athanasius_. I find nothing else in the Antients, concerning _Julius_, worthy of Notice. [Sidenote: Julius _dies_.] He died on the 12th of _April_ 352. having governed the Church of _Rome_ Fifteen Years, Two Months, and Six Days[708]. He is said to have been buried in the Cœmetery of _Callistus_, on the _Aurelian_ Way, where he had built a Church[709], and to have been removed from thence in 817. by Pope _Paschal_ I. to the Church of St. _Praxedes_, and again from that, by _Innocent_ II. in 1140. to _St. Mary’s_ beyond the _Tyber_[710]. _Bede_, whom the Authors of the modern Pontificals have followed, tells us, in his Martyrology[711], that _Julius_ was sent into Banishment, where he suffered much for the Space of Ten Months, till the Death of _Constantius_, a zealous Promoter of _Arianism_. [Sidenote: Julius _was not banished by_ Constantius.] But that Historian was certainly mistaken, since _Constantius_ was never Master of _Rome_ in _Julius_’s Time, and his Brother _Constans_ was a great Friend to _Julius_, and all the orthodox Bishops. [Sidenote: _Spurious Pieces ascribed to him._] Of the many Writings ascribed to _Julius_, none, except his Two Letters, are authentic, the one to the _Eusebians_, and the other to the Church of _Alexandria_, of which we have spoken above. _Leontius_ of _Byzantium_ mentions Seven Epistles, which, in the Latter-end of the Sixth Century, were ascribed to _Julius_[712]; but, at the same time, he assures us, that they were not written by him, but by _Apollinaris_ the Heresiarch; and the Monks of _Palæstine_, in the Account they gave of the _Eutychians_, in the Time of the Emperor _Anastasius_, assure us, that they seduced great Numbers of People, by ascribing the Works of _Apollinaris_ to the Fathers, namely to _Athanasius_, to _Gregory Nazienzen_, and to _Julius_[713]. _Gennadius_ ascribes to _Julius_ a Letter to _Dionysius_ Bishop of _Corinth_, greatly favouring of the Heresy of _Eutyches_ and _Timotheus_[714]; but _Leontius_ of _Byzantium_ evidently proves that Letter to have been written by _Apollinaris_; and as his it is quoted by his Two Disciples _Valentine_ and _Timotheus_[715]. The Orientals have a Liturgy, which they suppose to have been composed by _Julius_: this