[173] Ep. 120, to Arno.
[174] The account which follows is taken from the contemporary annals of Eginhart.
[175] Under the year 800.
[176] The actual words are given by Baronius, but with a vague reference to his authority. They are given at length by Milman, Hist. of Lat. Christianity, ii. 205.
[177] The ordinary word for the crypt or other receptacle of the body of a saint.
[178] Stephen I was Pope 252 to 257. Another Stephen was elected on March 14, 752, but died before his consecration. On March 26, 752, the Stephen here spoken of was elected. He is thus more properly called Stephen II than Stephen III; and Stephen IV, who appears in Karl’s time, should be called Stephen III. Many writers, however, call them Stephen III and Stephen IV.
[179] Labbe, Concil. xii. 539.
[180] Labbe, Concil. xii. 543.
[182] The district was rich in wine, fruit, flowers, and honey.