1923. | St. Thomas and San Thomé, Mylapore. 185 
and sums up our two documents above, we translate it here in 
its entirety.! 
“We have two mutually independent accounts of the 
visit of this John to Rome: one in the Chronicon Alberici 
Monachi, published by Leibnitz in his Accessiones Historicac 
(II. ad an. 1122); the other in Mabillonii Vetera Analecta 
(Parisiis, p. 464), consisting of a letter by Abbot Oddo of St. 
Remy’s to a certain Count Thomas. Although Alberic is 
acknowledged a trustworthy writer, yet the preference must 
be given to Oddo, since he was present when John was presented 
to the Pope. Oddo was just transacting business with the Pope, 
a few days after Ascension Day, in the year in which he wrote 
to his friend, when envoys from the Emperor of Byzantium 
were announced, who had come to introduce the Archbishop 
of India, vir satis honestae formae et juata linguae suae notitiam 
eloquentissimus. The Indian Prelate, having lost by death his 
companion and helper on the journey to Europe, a prince,” 
him one of his familiars, [P. 165] he had begun the return 
journey, when this Prince too died on the way. The Indian 
Curia and to have envoys with letters of recommendation 
adjoined him. When he came to the Curia, he related to some 
of the Pope’s entourage that he was the head of the Church 
where the body of St. Thomas rested. The great Church was 
surrounded by a stream; but, eight days before and eight. 
days after the Apostle’s feast, which was celebrated with great 
that on the day of his feast he was placed on the episcopal 
chair, and then stretched forth his arm, and opened his hand to 
receive the gifts, and that, when a heretic approached and 
wished to give him his offering, he at once closed his hand, this 
Tatasras ane te 


discuss at random. Someone in Europe ought to examine the many Sn 
thors mentioned by Raulin as having written on this subject. Probably 
refere 
Bruxellis, 1900-1901, pp. LIS0-11 
! Die Kirche der Thomaschristen, Giitersloh, 1877, pp. 164-167. 
2 A new detail, if correctly represented by Germann. 
