84. At the table of the emperor Maximus, Martin, bishop of
Tours, received the cup from an attendant, and gave it to
the presbyter his companion, before he allowed the emperor
to drink; the empress waited on Martin at table. Sulpicius
Severus, in Vit. Sti. Martin, c. 23, and Dialogue ii. 7. Yet
it may be doubted whether these extraordinary compliments
were paid to the bishop or the saint. The honours usually
granted to the former character may be seen in Bingham's
Antiquities, 1. ii. c. 9, and Vales. ad Theodoret, l. iv. c.
6. See the haughty ceremonial which Leontius, bishop of
Tripoli, imposed on the empress. Tillemont, Hist. des
Empereurs, tom. iv. p. 754. (Patres Apostol. tom. ii. p.
179.)