[Footnote 18: Which from this translation was called New
Aquileia, (Chron. Venet. p. 3.) The patriarch of Grado soon
became the first citizen of the republic, (p. 9, &c.,) but his
seat was not removed to Venice till the year 1450. He is now
decorated with titles and honors; but the genius of the church
has bowed to that of the state, and the government of a Catholic
city is strictly Presbyterian. Thomassin, Discipline de
l'Eglise, tom. i. p. 156, 157, 161 - 165. Amelot de la Houssaye,
Gouvernement de Venise, tom. i. p. 256 - 261.]