[Footnote 109: He was seized by John the Sanguinary, but an
oath or sacrament was pledged for his safety in the Basilica
Julii, (Hist. Miscell. l. xvii. in Muratori, tom. i. p.
107.) Anastasius (in Vit. Pont. p. 40) gives a dark but
probable account. Montfaucon is quoted by Mascou (Hist. of
the Germans, xii. 21) for a votive shield representing the
captivity of Vitiges and now in the collection of Signor
Landi at Rome.]