122. The journey of St. Peter to Rome is mentioned by most
of the ancients (see Eusebius, ii 25), maintained by all the
Catholics, allowed by some Protestants (see Pearson and
Dodwell de Success. Episcop. Roman.), but has been
vigorously attacked by Spanheim (Miscellanea Sacra, iii. 3).
According to father Hardouin, the monks of the thirteenth
century, who composed the Aeneid, represented St. Peter
under the allegorical character of the Trojan hero.