_Fabianus_, called by the _Greeks_, _Fabius_, by _Eutychius_[335], and in the Chronicle of _Alexandria_, _Flavianus_[336], was, according to _Eusebius_, miraculously chosen for Successor to _Anterus_; for he tells us, [Sidenote: _His miraculous Election._] That the People and Clergy being assembled in order to proceed to a new Election, a Dove, unexpectedly appearing, settled, to the great Surprize of all present, on the Head of _Fabianus_, who was not so much as thought of, being but a Layman, as appears from the Account, and not an Inhabitant of _Rome_, but just then come out of the Country. At this Prodigy the whole Assembly cried out with one Voice, Fabianus _is our Bishop_; and, crouding round him, placed him without further Delay on the Episcopal Throne.--Thus _Eusebius_[337]: and to his Account is owing the modern Notion, that the Pope is always chosen by the Holy Ghost. [Sidenote: _Not all popes thus chosen._] _What happened in the Election of St._ Fabianus (says Cardinal _Cusani_) _happens in the Election of every Pope. 'Tis true we do not see the Holy Ghost with our corporeal Eyes; but we may and must see him, if we are not quite blind, with those of the Mind. In vain therefore, O eminent Electors, are all your Intrigues; the Person, on whose Head the heavenly Dove is pleased to perch, will, in spite of them, be chosen[338]._ In the Sequel of this History, we shall see such Monsters of Iniquity elected, and by such scandalous Practices, that to imagine the Holy Ghost any-ways concerned in the Election would be absolute Blasphemy. [Sidenote: Fabianus _worthy of the Dignity to which he was raised_.]