104. Epiphanius was thirty years bishop of Pavia (A.D.
467-497; see Tillemont, Mem. Eccles. tom. xvi. p. 788.) His
name and actions would have been unknown to posterity if
Ennodius, one of his successors, had not written his Life
(Sirmond, Opera, tom. i. p. 1647-1692); in which he
represents him as one of the greatest characters of the age.