[518] In the Martyr. Luccense of Fiorentini, on the 22nd January: “Depositio B. Mariæ Matris D. N. J. C.”
[519] Migne, Patr. Lat., lxxx. 446. In Harduin (iii. 2946) it is so named.
[520] H. Jürgens, Die kirchl. Uberlieferung von der leibl. Aufnahme Mariens in den Himmel: Innsbr. Zeitschr. für kath. Theol., 1880, 595-650.
[521] Wüstenfeld, Synaxarium of Bishop Michael of Atriba and Malidsch, 251. Mai, Script. Vet. Nova Collectio, iv. 1. 5. Seldenius, De Synedriis, iii. c. 15, 320 seqq.
[522] A form for the blessing of the fruits of the field appears in the Ritual of Augsburg, 1487. See Raich, Katkolik, 1901, ii. 144. Franz, Das Ritual von St Florian aus dem 12. Jahrhundert; Freiburg, 1904.
[523] Baillet (viii. 434-441) and Benedict XIV. (De festis, c. 184-210) collected materials for this purpose.
[524] The Emperor Leo VI., the Philosopher (896-903), spread the observance of the feast. Passaglia relied (iii. 1750) on a speech of his preserved in the Sforza library in Rome. It does not appear among the speeches of this Emperor printed in Migne, Patr. Gr., cvii.
[525] Εἰ καὶ μὴ παρὰ τοῖς πᾶσι γνωρίζεται, c. 23. Migne, Patr. Gr., xcvi. 1499. Observe the article with πᾶσιν. Οἱ παντες means all collectively, i.e. the whole community or church.
[526] For the so-called Typicum S. Sabæ, See [Appendix xi].
[527] It is the first among his sermons. Migne, Patr. Gr., c. 1353.