[CV] P. 132, l. 24. Hilarius of Poitiers and Eusebius of Vercellae (Liber in Gloria Confessorum, 2, 3), two champions of orthodoxy.
[CW] P. 133, l. 8. Sedulius (first half of the fifth century), a Christian poet who composed a metrical account of Biblical history.
[CX] P. 133, l. 12. This passage may be taken for evidence that Gregory did not know the Greek alphabet.
[CY] P. 133, l. 28. The mayor of the palace was regularly tutor (nutricius) of a king under age. Pfister in Cambridge Medieval History, vol. II, p. 136.
[CZ] P. 135, l. 8. See note on p. [106].
[DA] P. 138, l. 11. The church of St. Medard at Soissons. Braine is a short distance away.
[DB] P. 138, l. 35. Perhaps Riguntha, daughter of Chilperic and Fredegunda, sympathized with Gregory out of enmity for her mother. Cf. p. [221].
[DC] P. 140, l. 6. We hear of this local jealousy between Clermont and Tours also at p. [137]; another more serious inter-city feud is described on p. [172].
[DD] P. 148, l. 4. The recluse Hospicius had had himself immured in a tower. He had a window in it, but the only way to gain access to him was to take off the roof. For other recluses see pp. [151], [158], [199].
[DE] P. 150, l. 11 f. The interpretation of this passage is that the worms were demons or sent by demons to plague the holy man.