32/43 The legend is famous; but his learned editor, Father Lequien, has a unluckily proved that St.John Damascenus was already a monk before the Iconoclast dispute, (Opera, tom.i. p. 10-13, et Notas ad loc.)] [Footnote 23: After sending Leo to the devil, he introduces his heir, (Opera, Damascen.tom.i.p. 625.) If the authenticity of this piece be suspicious, we are sure that in other works, no longer extant, Damascenus bestowed on Constantine the titles. |