71. Tillemont, whom I follow and abridge, has extracted
(Mem. Eccles. tom. viii. p. 153-167) the most authentic
circumstances from the Panegyrics of the two Gregories, the
brother and the friend of Basil. The letters of Basil
himself (Dupin, Bibliotheque Ecclesiastique, tom. ii. p.
155-180) do not present the image of a very lively
persecution.