A .s . 723. Ricobert, bishop of Rheims, was deposed from hi s bishopric by Charles, king of France, because he showed a hostile disposition in refusing to open the gates of the city o f Rheims to him when he was marching against Reginfred. An d on the same account, Eutherius, of Aries, was ejected fro m his bishopric. A.D. 724. A certain wicked Jew promised a certain noble that he should reign for fifty years, and by that means persuaded him to order the images of God and the saints to be destroyed throughout his whole kingdom ; and, accordingly, he , influenced by a hope of a long reign, issued such an edict, bu t expired immediately afterwards. A.D. 725. Bede, a venerable priest of the Angles, began his bistory, and having laudably began, and happily finished it, he A.D. 726. The Emperor Leo ordered the images of Christ and his saints to be broken into small pieces, for which he was abundantly refuted by Pope Gregory in his letters, but to no purpose. A.D. 727. Ina, a prosperous and powerful king, leaving his kingdom to bis kinsman Ethelhard, went to Rome, in order to exchange his temporal kingdom for an eternal one. And when he arrived in that city, he built a house in the city, with the consent and goodwill of Pope Gregory, which he called the school of the English, that àie kings of England and the royal family, with the bishops and priests, and clergy, might come to it to be instructed in the catholic doctrine and faith, so as to prevent anything improper, or contrary to the catholic unity, from being taught in the Anglican Church : and then, when they had been strengthened in a lasting faith, they might return to their own country. For the doctrine and schools of the English, ever since the time of Saint Augustine, had been interdicted by the Roman Pontiffs, on account of the continual heresies which had arisen in Britain at the time of the arrival of the English, when Pagans, being intermingled with the Christians, corrupted the grace of the holy conversation of the Christian faith. Therefore, Ina built, near the house which I have already mentioned, a church in honour of the blessed Virgin Mary, in which, whenever the English came to Rome, the divine mysteries might be celebrated, and in which they might be buried whenever it happened that any of the English died in Rome. And that all these things might receive the