[Footnote 127: Firmiter jurantes, nunquam se papam electuros
aut audinaturos, praeter consensum et electionem Othonis et
filii sui. (Liutprand, l. vi. c. 6, p. 472.) This important
concession may either supply or confirm the decree of the
clergy and people of Rome, so fiercely rejected by Baronius,
Pagi, and Muratori, (A.D. 964,) and so well defended and
explained by St. Marc, (Abrege, tom. ii. p. 808 - 816, tom.
iv. p. 1167 - 1185.) Consult the historical critic, and the
Annals of Muratori, for for the election and confirmation of
each pope.]