[Footnote 102: Petrarch's attachment to the Colonna has
authorized the abbe de Sade to expatiate on the state of the
family in the fourteenth century, the persecution of
Boniface VIII., the character of Stephen and his sons, their
quarrels with the Ursini, &c., (Memoires sur Petrarque, tom.
i. p. 98 - 110, 146 - 148, 174 - 176, 222 - 230, 275 - 280.)
His criticism often rectifies the hearsay stories of
Villani, and the errors of the less diligent moderns. I
understand the branch of Stephen to be now extinct.]