[19] Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus (circa 150—circa 230), the great ecclesiastical writer, and one of the most famous Fathers of the Church.—T.
[20] Caius Sempronius Gracchus (d. 121 B.C.) was elected Tribune of the People in 123, and re-elected in 122. He failed in his election in 121, and was killed in a disturbance in the city and his body thrown into the Tiber.—T.
[21] Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (circa 169 B.C.—133 B.C.), Caius' elder brother, was assassinated when on the point of being elected Tribune of the People for the second year in succession.—T.
[22] St. Damasus I. (circa 306-384), a native of Portugal, elected to the Papacy in 366. His election was contested by the Deacon Ursinus, who was expelled by force of arms. St. Damasus is honoured on the 11th of December.—T.
[23] St. Gregory I. (circa 540-604), known as the Great, was elected Pope in 590. He is commemorated on the 12th of March, the anniversary of his death.—T.
[24] St. Leo IV. (d. 855), honoured 17 July, the anniversary of his death.—T.
[25] St. Simplicius had followed a career of arms and married. The See of Bourges was offered to him many times, and refused. He at last accepted it, in 472, when elected by St. Sidonius Apollinaris, who had been chosen arbitrator of the quarrels that had ensued at Bourges. He is honoured on the 17th of June.—T.
[26] Louis I. Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and King of France (778-840), known as the Débonnaire, son of the Emperor-King Charlemagne, whom he succeeded in 814.—T.
[27] Gerard of Burgundy, later Pope Nicholas II. (d. 1061), elected Pope in 1058.—T.
[28] The third Lateran Council, held under Pope Alexander III. in 1179.—T.