[1175] Decreti c. 6, Caus. II. q. v.—Gregor. PP. I. Homil XXXII. in Evangel. cap. 6.
Dr. Patetta (Ordalie, p. 15) informs us that in some parts of Piedmont it is still believed that a perjurer will die within the year.
[1176] Munionis Histor. Compostellan. Lib. I. cap. 2, § 2.
[1177] Gregor. Turon. De Gloria Martyrum cap. 58, 103.
[1178] Sancta enim adeo est, ut nullus, juramento super eam præstito, impune et sine periculo vitæ suæ possit affirmare mendacium.—Hist. Monast. Abing. Lib. I. c. xii. (M. R. Series).
[1179] Radulph. Tortarii Mirac. S. Benedicti cap. xxii. (Migne’s Patrol. T. CLX. p. 1210).
[1180] Gregor. Turon. de Glor. Confess. c. xxix.
[1181] Chambers’s Book of Days, I. 384.
[1182] Patetta, Le Ordalie, p. 34. In Tonga and Samoa false oaths taken on certain sacred articles are likewise believed to be followed by speedy death (Ib. p. 63).
[1183] Vit. S. Bertrandi Convenar. No. 26 (Martene Ampliss. Collect. VI. 1035).