Note 117 — Chapter VII · THEORY OF THE MEDIÆVAL EMPIRE.
Reading edition
Döllinger has shewn in a recent work (Die Papst-Fabeln des Mittelalters) that the common belief that Gregory II excited the revolt against Leo the Iconoclast is unfounded.
So Anastasius, 'Ammonebat (sc. Gregorius Secundus) ne a fide vel amore Romani imperii desisterent.'—Vitæ Pontif. Rom.