Their persons were insulted, their effects were pillaged, and their synagogues were burned by the mad populace of Ravenna and Rome, inflamed, as it should seem, by the most frivolous or extravagant pretences.

The government which could neglect, would have deserved such an outrage.

A legal inquiry was instantly directed; and as the authors of the tumult had escaped in the crowd, the whole community was condemned to repair the damage; and the obstinate bigots, who refused their contributions, were whipped through the streets by the hand of the executioner.

This simple act of justice exasperated the discontent of the Catholics, who applauded the merit and patience of these holy confessors.

Three hundred pulpits deplored the persecution of the church; and if the chapel of St.Stephen at Verona was demolished by the command of Theodoric, it is probable that some miracle hostile to his name and dignity had been performed on that sacred theatre.