Note 055 This favourite was probably the great Osius, bishop of of Cordova, who preferred the pastoral care of the whole church to the government of a particular diocese. His character is magnificently though concisely expressed by Athanasius (tom. i. p. 703 [tom. ii. p. 535, ed. Bened. l777]). See Tillemont. Mem. Eccles. tom. vii. p. 524-561. Osius was accused, perhaps unjustly, of retiring from court with a very ample fortune.

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Note to Chapter 20 of DECLINE & FALL by Gibbon