Note 018 Which from this translation was called New Aquileia, (Chron. Venet. p. 3.) The patriarch of Grado soon became the first citizen of the republic, (p. 9, &c.,) but his seat was not removed to Venice till the year 1450. He is now decorated with titles and honors; but the genius of the church has bowed to that of the state, and the government of a Catholic city is strictly Presbyterian. Thomassin, Discipline de l'Eglise, tom. i. p. 156, 157, 161 - 165. Amelot de la Houssaye, Gouvernement de Venise, tom. i. p. 256 - 261.]

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 45