THE

COMING OF THE SAINTS

IMAGINATIONS AND STUDIES IN EARLY CHURCH HISTORY AND TRADITION

BY

JOHN W. TAYLOR

"

"Heresy to the heretic and religion to the
orthodox, but the bloom of the rose-petal
belongs to the heart of the perfume-seller."
ABUL FAZL

WITH TWENTY-SIX ILLUSTRATIONS

UN'V

METHUEN & CO.

36 ESSEX STREET W.C.

LONDON

GENERAL

First Published in 1906

ANTIOCH, ROME, SICILY, SPAIN, GAUL, AFRICA, AND THE

MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS

ST. PAUL AND CÆSAREA

THE STORY OF RABANUS

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46

THE TRADITIONS OF THE THREE MARIES AND THEIR

COMPANIONS

ST. TROPHIMUS AND ARLES.

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92

122

. 150

A.D. 84. "SPEECH OF GALGACUS, THE NORTH-BRITISH OR

CALEDONIAN LEADER, BEFORE THE BATTLE WITH AGRICOLA,

AS REPORTED BY TACITUS IN HIS LIFE OF AGRICOLA

181501

APPENDIX B

ST. CLEMENT, (1) A.D. 97.

FROM THE FIRST EPISTLE OF

ST. CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS. (CHAP. V.); (2) A.D. 90.

EXTRACTS FROM LETTER WRITTEN A.D. 177. PRESERVED

BY EUSEBIUS ("ECCLES. HISTORY," BOOK V. CHAPS. I., II.,

III., AND IV.)

APPENDIX D

PAGE

275

295

A.D. 177-197. THE EARLY GALLICAN COUNCILS AND CHURCH

HISTORY

TERTULLIAN, A.D., 199. ON THE SPREAD AND INCREASE OF
EARLY CHRISTIANITY

A.D. 417. LETTER OF POPE ZOSIMUS REGARDING ST. TROPHIMUS

APPENDIX J

306

A.D. 450.

FROM THE LETTER OF THE NINETEEN BISHOPS

TO POPE LEO

FROM THE HIGH HISTORY OF THE HOLY GRAIL, PROBABLY

COMPILED ABOUT 1220, PROFESSEDLY FROM AN OLDER Ms.

OF THE CLERK JOSEPHUS

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE FIRST PAGE OF THE MANUSCRIPT OF "RABANUS." (THE PAGE IS HEADED “RABANUS DE VITA MARIE MAG") Frontispiece

RUINS OF CAPERNAUM

From a photograph by the PHOTOCROME CO.

JERUSALEM FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, SHOWING
THE TEMPLE PRECINCTS, THE GOLDEN GATE, AND

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THE ROAD OF THE HOSANNAH PROCESSION
From a photograph by the PHOTOCROME CO.

BETHANY, NEAR JERUSALEM

From a photograph by the PHOTOCROME CO.

INTERIOR OF CATHEDRAL, SANTIAGO .

To face p. 16

By kind permission of the ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY WALLS OF JERUSALEM AND JAFFA GATE (REBUILT IN 1542)

From a photograph by the PHOTOCROME CO.

INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF ST. PAUL SERGE ("SERGIUS PAULUS") AT NARBONNE.

THE

RELICS OF ST. PAUL ARE PRESERVED IN A
CHAPEL TO THE RIGHT OF THE HIGH ALTAR

152

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MARSEILLES. THE CATHEDRAL, NEAR THE SITE OF
THE EPHESIUM," A TEMPLE OF DIANA.
From a photograph by the PHOTOCROME CO.

DATING FROM THE FIRST CENTURY A.D.
From a photograph by Messrs. NEURDEIN FRÈRES, Paris
THE OLD PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN CEMETERY OF
LES ALISCAMPS AT ARLES .

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ABBEY OF MONTMAJEUR, NEAR ARLES

From a photograph by the PHOTOCROME CO.