[5]. John XXII.
[6]. Direct. Inquis. part. ii. quæst. 51. See also Antoninus in his Summa theologiæ, part. iv. tit. ii. c. 7. num. 5. Petrus Alliacus Cameracensis; Continuator Nangii ad ann. 1333; Joannes Gerso in Ser. de Fest. Paschat. Longus in Monas. Cicestr. Chronic. and Gobelinus Cosmodromii ætat. vi. c. 71.
[7]. Phocas settled himself on the Imperial throne by the murder of Mauritius, his lawful sovereign, and the massacre of his six children, and of all his friends and relations. Five of his children he caused to be inhumanly butchered in the presence of their father.
[8]. Gregory styles him a most pious and religious Prince; caused his image, and that of his wife Leontia, who was no better than he, to be lodged in an oratory at Rome; and, congratulating him on his advancement to the throne, ascribes it to a particular Providence.
[9]. Gregory the Great.
[10]. Arnob. l. 2. in Gent.
[11]. Cyril. catech. 6.
[12]. Euseb. l. 2. c. 14.
[13]. Iren. l. 2. c. 20.
[14]. Tert. de anim. c. 24.