28. Hincmar, one of the successors of Remigius (A.D.
845-882), has composed his Life (in tom. iii. p. 373-380).
The authority of ancient MSS. of the church of Rheims might
inspire some confidence which is destroyed, however, by the
selfish and audacious fictions of Hincmar. It is remarkable
enough that Remigius, who was consecrated at the age of
twenty-two (A.D. 457), filled the episcopal chair
seventy-four years (Pagi Critica, in Baron. tom. ii. p. 384,
572).