22. See Baronius, Annal. Eccles. A.D. 428, No. 7, A.D. 439,
No. 35. The cardinal, though more inclined to seek the cause
of great events in heaven than on the earth, has observed
the apparent connection of the Vandals and the Donatists.
Under the reign of the barbarians, the schismatics of Africa
enjoyed an obscure peace of one hundred years; at the end of
which we may again trace them by the light of the Imperial
persecutions. See Tillemont, Mem. Eccles. tom. vi. p. 192,
etc.