[184:1] Hilary, Archbishop of Arles, was excommunicated and Emperor Valentinian III. was induced to uphold the action. Greenwood, i., 351 ff.
[185:1] Gibbon, Decline and Fall, iv., 421; Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, 2d ser., xii., contains Gregory's letters and sermons; Gregory of Tours; Bede; Snow, St. Gregory the Great; Barmby, Gregory the Great; Hutton, Church of the Sixth Century; Neander, iii., 112; Hallam, 328.
[185:2] Gregory of Tours, x., 1.
[186:1] Soon many poetical tales were imputed to him. It was said a new stomach was given him so he could fast. An angel visited him disguised as a sailor. Milman, ii., 45. Read Bede for the story which led to the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons. For his treatment of the monk Justus see Milman, i., 432. Cf. Montalembert, ii., 84-87; Dict. Christ. Biog., ii., 779.
[187:1] Epistle v. in Nic. and Post-Nic. Fathers, xii., 74.
[188:1] Milman, ii., 44.
[189:1] Ep., ix., 12; xiii., 45.
[189:2] Ep., viii., 30; ix., 12.
[189:3] Milman, ii., 72; Ep., vii., 31.
[189:4] Milman, ii., 81.