[Footnote 132: Till the reformation the tale was repeated
and believed without offence: and Joan's female statue long
occupied her place among the popes in the cathedral of
Sienna, (Pagi, Critica, tom. iii. p. 624 - 626.) She has
been annihilated by two learned Protestants, Blondel and
Bayle, (Dictionnaire Critique, Papesse, Polonus, Blondel;)
but their brethren were scandalized by this equitable and
generous criticism. Spanheim and Lenfant attempt to save
this poor engine of controversy, and even Mosheim
condescends to cherish some doubt and suspicion, (p. 289.)]