[Footnote 126: Epist. Archimandritarum et Monachorum Syriae
Secundae ad Papam Hormisdam, Concil. tom. v. p. 598 - 602.
The courage of St. Sabas, ut leo animosus, will justify the
suspicion that the arms of these monks were not always
spiritual or defensive, (Baronius, A.D. 513, No. 7, &c.)]