[49] Upon this passage Servatius Galle (1627-1709), a Dutch minister at Haarlem, in his edition of Lactantius, 1660, writes the most absurd note I have ever met with in any commentator. [50] Published between 304-313. De Labriolle, _Histoire de la Littérature Latine Chrétienne_, p. 272. [51] A very full and scholarly monograph upon this subject may be recommended: _La Réalité des Apparitions Démoniaques_, by Dom Bernard-Marie Maréchaux, Olivetan, O.S.B., Paris, Téqui, 1899. [52] It is true that on one occasion S. Maurus, who was with S. Benedict, beheld an apparition, and S. Benedict once enabled a monk to see a similar vision. [53] One of Sodoma’s exquisite frescoes at Monte Oliveto (Siena) depicts an exorcism by S. Benedict. [54] The letters have been thus translated by Dom Benedict McLaughlin of Ampleforth: Holy Cross be thou my light, Put the evil one to flight. Behind me Satan speedily, Whisper not vain things to me. You can give but evil, then Keep it for yourself. Amen. [55] All English Benedictine priests hold the special faculty to use this (bestowed 23 February, 1915), and it has also been granted to many others, religious and seculars. [56] Omnis virtus aduersarii, omnis exercitus diaboli, et omnis incursus, omnis phantasma Satanæ, eradicate et effugare ab his numismatibus.... [57] Domine Iesu Christe ... per hanc tuam sanctissimam passionem humiliter exoro; ut omnes diabolicas insidias et fraudes expellas ab eo, qui nomen sanctum tuum, his litteris ac characteribus a te designatis, deuote inuocauerit, et eum ad salutis portum perducere digneris. Qui uiuis et régnas.... [58] The _Rituale Romanum_ has “Benedictio Infirmorum cum Ligno SS. Crucis, D.N.J.C. _seu_ Signum S. Mauri Abbatis.” This is a blessing of the sick with a Relic of the Holy Cross and the invocation of S. Benedict and S. Maurus. [59] The _Uita S. Mauri_ (Mabillon, _Acta S.S. O. S.B._, I, 274) is ascribed to a companion, the monk Faustus of Monte Cassino. Père Delehaye, in his unfortunate and temerarious work _Légendes Hagiographiques_ (translation. London, 1907), indecorously attacks this and treats S. Maurus with scant respect. A worthy defence was made by Adlhoch, _Stud. u. Mittheil._, 1903, 3; 1906, 185. According to Peter the Deacon he also wrote a _Cantus ad B. Maurum_. [60] Blessed Victor III. _Dialogues_, I, 2. [61] Abbé Lebeuf. _Histoire du diocèse de Paris_, V. 129 _sqq._ [62] Portraits of him are preserved at Rome and Valladolid. [63] A hearty believer in witchcraft. He had sent at least one witch to the gallows, and another to prison. [64] Apparently the work of Darrel himself, but in the Huth catalogue (V, 1643) ascribed to James Bamford.