[Footnote 113: A Greek Life of St. Nicon the Armenian was
found in the Sforza library, and translated into Latin by
the Jesuit Sirmond, for the use of Cardinal Baronius. This
contemporary legend casts a ray of light on Crete and
Peloponnesus in the 10th century. He found the
newly-recovered island, foedis detestandae Agarenorum
superstitionis vestigiis adhuc plenam ac refertam .... but
the victorious missionary, perhaps with some carnal aid, ad
baptismum omnes veraeque fidei disciplinam pepulit.
Ecclesiis per totam insulam aedificatis, &c., (Annal.
Eccles. A.D. 961.)]