Note 770 — PART III THE MATERIAL UPON WHICH THE HISTORY OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL YEAR IS BASED
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The passage is capable of receiving various interpretations. See Duchesne, Prolegg. ad Mart. Hieron. in Acta SS., Nov. II. xi., xlvii. The words are as follows: “Passiones martyrum legite constanter, quas inter alia in epistola S. Hieronymi ad Chromatium et Heliodorum destinta procul dubio reperietis, qui per totum orbem terrarum floruere, ut sancta invitatio vos provocans ad cœlestia regna perducat.” Cassiodor., Instit. Div. Lit., 32. Migne, Patr. Lat., lxx. 1147.