[Footnote27:Atraveller，whoreturnedfromRheimstoAuvergne，hadstolenacopyofhisdeclamationsfromthesecretaryorbooksellerofthemodestarchbishop，SidoniusApollinar。l。ix。
epist。7。FourepistlesofRemigius，whicharestillextant，intom。iv。p。51，52，53，donotcorrespondwiththesplendidpraiseofSidonius。]
[Footnote28:Hincmar，oneofthesuccesorsofRemigius，A。D。
845—882，hadcomposedhislife，intom。iii。p。373—380。
TheauthorityofancientMSS。ofthechurchofRheimsmightinspiresomeconfidence，whichisdestroyed，however，bytheselfishandaudaciousfictionsofHincmar。Itisremarkableenough，thatRemigius，whowasconsecratedattheageoftwenty—two，A。D。457，filledtheepiscopalchairseventy—fouryears，PagiCritica，inBarontom。ii。p。384，572。]