34. The ancient legendaries deserve some regard, as they are
obliged to connect their fables with the real history of
their own times. See the Lives of St. Lupus, St. Anianus,
the bishops of Metz, Ste. Genevieve, etc., in the Historians
of France, tom. i. p. 644, 645, 649, tom. iii. p. 369.