[29] Du Cange, § 3.
[30] Pasch. Chron. ed. Bonn, i., p. 572.
[31] Eccl. Hist. ix., 1.
[32] See Tozer’s note, Finlay, vol. i., 45.
[33] Justinian’s church was opened at Christmas.
[34] Art. “Orientirung” in Real Encyklopädie der Christlichen Alterthümer, 1886, based on Mothes’ schedule in Die Basilikenformen, 1865. We hope to show on another occasion that the present church at Bethlehem which points to the east was entirely rebuilt by Justinian. There is no proof that S. George Salonica is older than fifth cent.
[35] Homilies xxvi. and lx.
[36] De Sepulcris Imperatorum, Migne S. G., vol. 157, p. 726.
[37] Migne, p. 674.
[38] Bingham, Antiquities of the Christian Church, vol. iii., p. 120.