At the end of his life, in a moment of jealousy and resentment, he prevented the choice of the Romans, by nominating a pope in the palace of Ravenna.

The danger and furious contests of a schism were mildly restrained, and the last decree of the senate was enacted to extinguish, if it were possible, the scandalous venality of the papal elections.

[82] [Footnote 76: See the life of St.Caesarius in Baronius, (A.D.508, No.
12, 13, 14.) The king presented him with 300 gold solidi, and a discus of silver of the weight of sixty pounds.] [Footnote 77: Ennodius in Vit.

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