84. At Minorca, the relics of St. Stephen converted in eight
days 540 Jews; with the help, indeed, of some unwholesome
severities, such as burning the synagogue, driving the
obstinate infidels to starve among the rocks, etc. See the
original letter of Severus bishop of Minorca (ad calcem St.
Augustin. de Civ. Dei), and the judicious remarks of Basnage
(tom. viii. p. 245-251).