[146]. Paul the Deacon, apud Pagi (Breviarium, RR. PP., tom. i. p. 350).
[147]. When a successor to the throne was elected or appointed during the emperor’s lifetime he was called King of Rome or of the Romans.
[148]. Ad an. 884.
[149]. In Ord. Rom. cap. xvii. page 114.
[150]. Ad an. 884.
[151]. De Nummo Argenteo Benedicti III., pag. 22 et seq.
[152]. Vet. et Nov. Eccl. Discipl., part ii. lib. ii. cap. xxvi par. 6.
[153]. Primacy of the Apostolic See, p. 243.
[154]. Die Deutschen Päpste, 2 vols., Regensburg, 1839.
[155]. See a long and interesting note to the point headed, Quali consequenze discendano dalla condizione della chiesa romana al secolo x. in Mozzoni’s Tavole Cronologiche critiche della Storia della Chiesa Universale. Secolo Decimo, Rome 1865.