126. See his medals in Ducange (Fam. Byzan tin. p. 81),
Priscus (Excerpt. Legat. p. 57 [p. 185, ed. Bonn]). Maffei
(Osservazioni Letterarie, tom ii. p. 314). We may allege a
famous and similar case. The meanest subjects of the Roman
empire assumed the illustrious name of Patricius, which, by
the conversion of Ireland, has been communicated to a whole
nation.