[2.] Basil, Ep. 207, Ad Neocaes, MPG 32. 765; Ambrose, Ep. 40. 16, Ad Theodosium, MPL 16. 1107; Sozomen, Hist. Eccles. VIII, 8; see also Tertullian, Ad uxorem, II, 4, MPL 1. 1294.
[3.] S. Silviae, quae fertur, Peregrinatio ad loca sancta, in Itinera Hierosolymitana, Saeculi III-VIII, ed. P. Geyer (Vindobonae, 1898) CSEL 39. 35-101.
[4.] Ibid. XXIV, 1-7, 8-12; XXV, 7; XXVI; XXXI; XL, 1-2.
[5.] A. Bludau, Die Pilgerreise der Aetheria, Studien zur Gesch. u. Kultur d. Altertums XV, 1/2, (Paderborn, 1927) 56. Translation, Robert Bridges.
[6.] A. Baumstark, Die Idiomela der byzantinischen Karfreitagshoren etc. Reviewed in Jahrbuch f. Liturgiewissenschaft, 10 (1930) 339-40.
[7.] P. Batiffol, Études de liturgie et d’archéologie chrétienne, (Paris, 1919) ch. VI, La Chandeleur, p. 200.
[8.] Ambrose, Ep. 11(53), MPL 17. 743-4; Augustine, De Civ. Dei 22. 8; Conf. 9. 7; See also the hymn Grates tibi, Jesu, novas, attributed to Ambrose, A. H. 50. 17.
[9.] G. H. Cobb, “Early Catholic Outdoor Processions,” The Month, 148 (1926) 539-542.
[10.] For Mamertus, see Greg. Turonen., Hist. franc. 2. 34, MPL 71. 230-32. Councils. Council of Orleans, 511, canon 17, Mansi VIII, 355; Council of Girona, 517, Capit. 2 & 3, Mansi, VIII, 549; see also 17th Council of Toledo, 694, Capit. 6, Mansi XII, 99-100. Litaniae maiores, Greg. Magnus, Ep. V, 11, Litany on Feast of St. John Baptist, MPL 77, 732-3; Litania septiformis, Greg. Turonen., Hist. franc. 10, 1, MPL 71. 519-20; Joh. Diac., Vita Greg. Magn., 1. 41, 42, MPL 75. 80.
[11.] L. Duchesne, Christian Worship, (London, 1904) 240, 515.