[296]. Synaxaria, June 10.

[297]. Ibid., April 23.

[298]. Ibid., April 22.

[299]. Nicephorus Callistas, xii. c. 14.

[300]. Phrantzes, p. 253.

[301]. Constant. Porphyr., De Cer., p. 109.

[302]. See below, pp. [106], [107].

[303]. It is still held in great repute, and on the Friday of Greek Easter week is visited by immense crowds of devotees, as in the olden time.

[304]. Procopius, De Æd., i. c. 3.

[305]. Constant. Porphyr., De Cer., p. 109.