Note 945 — Chapter IX · THE CLERGY AND MONKS.
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“Godwine æt Worðige, Ælfsiges bisceopes sunu.” Chron. Sax. an. 1001. This however was not confined to England: we hear of more than one Frankish bishop having children: for example, “Anchisus dux egregius, filius Arnulfi, episcopi Mettensis.” Ann. Xantens. an. 647. Pertz, ii. 219. See also Paul. Gest. Ep. Mettens. Pertz, ii. 264. [See also T. F. Klitsche, “Geschichte des Cölibats,” etc. Augsb. 1830; J. A. Zaccaria. Storia Polemica del Sagro celibato, Roma, 1774; and Suppl. to Engl. Cyclop., Arts and Sciences, art. Celibacy.]