[866] Anselm speaks of him, Epist., 3, 43 and 77; 4, 114. Migne, Patr. Lat., clviii. Eadmer refers to him, Hist. Novorum., 5, 492 and 497. Migne, clix.
[867] It is found in MSS. among the works of the elder Anselm, to whom it was at first ascribed. Fr. de Buck and others set it down to the nephew, but in the earliest codex at Canterbury, belonging to the twelfth century, it is expressly described as a work of Eadmer’s. See Thurston et Slater, Eadmeri Mon. Cant. Tractatus de Conceptione S. Mariæ, Frib. Brisg., 1904.
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
GIVING THE CHIEF EVENTS RELATING TO THE LITURGY AND FESTIVALS OF THE CHURCH
1st cent. Reference to Easter by St Paul (1 Cor. v. 7 et seqq.). Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus. Itaque epulemur, non in fermento veteri ... sed in azymis sinceritatis et veritatis.
2nd cent. The 6th Jan. observed as Christ’s birthday in Alexandria by a section of the Christians.
3rd cent. The Festivals of Easter and Pentecost mentioned by Tertullian (De Bapt., 19) and Origen (C. Cels., 8, 22).
304. Evidence for the Feast of the Epiphany in Thrace.
320. Discovery of the Holy Cross by St Helena. Excerpta lat. Barbari.
321. Constantine the Great, by the law of 3 July, forbids law courts to sit on Sunday (Cod. Theod., 2, 8 de feriis i.).