a Saint, and his Festival is kept in some Places on the 10th, in others on the 11th of _December_. But, after all, that he got the Pontificate by the most horrible Violence and Bloodshed; that he lived in great State; that he had frequent and grand Entertainments; that he kept a Table, which, in Sumptuousness, vied with the Tables of the Emperors themselves; and all this at the Expence of the _Roman_ Ladies, whose generous Contributions might have been applied to better Uses; is affirmed by contemporary and unexceptionable Writers. It is likewise manifest from the Letters of _Jerom_, that in his Time the Discipline of the Church was greatly relaxed; that the Observance of the primitive Canons was almost utterly neglected; and that Luxury, Ignorance, and Debauchery, universally prevailed among the Ecclesiastics at _Rome_. And this Charge against his Clergy in some degree recoils upon him, since he appears to have carried the Papal Authority farther than any of his Predecessors, and therefore might have restrained and corrected them. Whether his Sanctity may not from all this be justly questioned, notwithstanding the favourable Testimony of some antient Writers, I leave the Reader to judge. ----- Footnote 977: Anast. c. 38. Footnote 978: Bar. 384. 16. in appar. ad annal. Footnote 979: Boll. 21 Feb. p. 244. Footnote 980: Marcell. & Faust. p. 3. Footnote 981: Id. p. 3-5. Footnote 982: Bar. ad ann. 357. n. 60. & ad ann. 367. n. 8. Footnote 983: Id. ad ann. 359. n. 48. Footnote 984: Marc. & Faust. p. 18. 100. 103. Gennad. c. 16. Footnote 985: Marc. & Faust. p. 5, 6. Footnote 986: Cod. Theod. ap. p. 8. Footnote 987: Ibid. p. 68, 69. 71. Footnote 988: Amb. ep. 11. tom. 5. Footnote 989: Hier. chron. Footnote 990: Socr. l. 4. c. 24. Footnote 991: Ruff. l. 2. c. 10. Footnote 992: Marc. & Faust. p. 5, 6. Footnote 993: Id. p. 6, 7. Footnote 994: Ruff. l. 2. c. 10. Footnote 995: Ammian. Mar. l. 27. p. 337. Footnote 996: Hier. chron. Footnote 997: Ammian. ib. Footnote 998: Marc. & Faust. p. 9. Footnote 999: Hier. ep. 5. t. 2. Footnote 1000: Hier. ep. 49. Footnote 1001: Ruf. l. 2. c. 20. Footnote 1002: Ammian. l. 27. p. 337. Footnote 1003: Idem ib. p. 337, 338. Footnote 1004: Hier. ep. 61. t. 2. Footnote 1005: Aug. ep. 86. Bar. ann. 367. n. 10. Footnote 1006: Marc. & Faust. p. 6-9. Footnote 1007: Vide Bar. ad ann. 368. n. 4. Footnote 1008: Marc. & Faust. p. 9, 10. Footnote 1009: Idem ib. Footnote 1010: Ammian. l. 27. p. 349. Footnote 1011: Cod. Theod. ap. p. 80. Footnote 1012: Id. p. 81. Footnote 1013: Blond. Prim. p. 165. Footnote 1014: Cod. Theod. ap. p. 80. Footnote 1015: Marc. & Faust. p. 10 Bar. ad ann. 368. Footnote 1016: Id. p. 10, 11. Footnote 1017: Vide Bar. ad ann. 368. n. 3. Footnote 1018: Marc. & Faust. p. 11, 12. Footnote 1019: Ath. ad Afr. p. 931. Footnote 1020: