Note 038 See Baronius, Annal. Eccles. A.D. 929, No. 2 - 5. The lance of Christ is taken from the best evidence, Liutprand, (l. iv. c. 12,) Sigebert, and the Acts of St. Gerard: but the other military relics depend on the faith of the Gesta Anglorum post Bedam, l. ii. c. 8.]

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 55