A.D. 434. THE BO MANS WITHDRAW FBOM ΒΒΙΤΑΓΕΓ. 207 wrote a book about the life of the blessed Martin, died. He in his old age was seduced by the Pelagians, but, acknowledging his fault in having been too talkative, he kept silence to the day of his death, making amends by his silence for the evil that he had done by talking. A.D. 427. Gœlestinus was appointed pope. He occupied the Roman chair seven years, one month, and nine days. And the see was vacant twenty-one days. The same year, Theodosius the younger succeeded to the empire, and reigned twenty-seven years. A.D. 428. Yalentiman the younger, the son of Constantius, was created emperor at Ravenna, and Placida, his mother, had the title of Augusta given her. A.D. 429. Nestoriue, bishop of Constantinople, revealed his faithless heresy. He asserted that the blessed Virgin Mary was not the mother of God, but only of a man, so that he made one person of the flesh, and another of the Deity. And he did not believe that there was one only Christ in the world and in the flesh ; but he preached that there were two separate persons, one the Son .of God, and the other the Son of Man. A.D. 430. The devil appeared to the Jews in Crete in the figure of Moses, and promised to lead them across the sea with dry feet to the land of promise ; and then exulted when many lost their lives. The rest who were saved were all converted to Christ. A.D. 431. The ferocious nations of the Vandals, Alans, and Goths crossed over from Spain to Africa, and polluted every place with fire, and sword, and rapine, and also with Arrian impiety. But the blessed Augustine, bishop of Hippo, and likewise an illustrious teacher of all the churches, departed to the Lord in the third month of the siege of Hippo, to escape seeing the ruin of his city. A.D. 432. The Vandale, after having taken Carthage, devastated Sicily. The same year, Clodoveus became king in Grani, and reigned seventeen years. A~D. 433. Palladius was ordained by pope Ccelestinus, and sent as the first bishop to the Scots who believed in Christ. A.D. 434. When the Romans withdrew from Britain, the Picts and Scots returned with the Norwegians and Dacians, and took possession of the whole island, which was almost