It begins with the History of S. Marcel, and of all the Martyrs which are in his false Decre∣tals: Afterwards he speaks of the Martyr'd Saints which are worship'd in Italy. The fifteenth Chap∣ter is concerning S. Afra of Augsburgh. The sixteenth is concerning S. Eusebius the Pope.
The ninth Book makes mention of S. Valentine a Martyr at Rome, afterwards of the Martyrs thereabouts; and of the Decretals of S. Sylvester, Gallicanus, S. John, and S. Paul, and of several other Martyrs, who were at Rome in the time of Julian the APOSTATE.
The tenth Book begins at S. Julus the Pope, and ends with Vitalian and A-Deodate. He therein mentions several other Saints; as for instance, in the second Chapter he speaks of Eusebius, whom he calls Praesul, Prelate, who is said to have suffered at Rome under Constance, with Orosus and o∣thers: he speaks of S. Eusebius of Verceil, of Victorine the Rhetorician, and of S. Dennis of Milan; he makes mention of the Translation of the latter, made by S. Basil, who sent his Body to S. Am∣brose. (I have the Letter of S. Basil by me, directed to S. Ambrose, taken out of an ancient Manu∣script, which makes mention of this Translation.) In the third Chapter, where he treats of S. Da∣masus the Pope, he likewise speaks of S. Jerom. In the eighth Chapter he treats of the Schism of Lawrence, of Pascasius the Deacon▪—In the nineteenth of Horsmisdas the Pope, of the Peace in the East, of S. Germain of Capua, of the Restitution of Africa, of S. Remy, of the Conversion of Clovis, of the Crown which he sent to Rome, of the Censular Habits which he receiv'd from the Emperor. In the tenth Chapter he speaks of S. John the Pope, of Symmachus, and of Boëtius, whom Theodoric caus'd to be put to death. In the twelfth Chapter of Cassiodorus, of what Belisairus did a∣gainst the Goths in Italy and Africa. Lastly he treats at large of S. Gregory, and of what happened in his Monastery.
The eleventh Book comprehends the History of the Popes from Agatho down to Christophilus. In the fifth Chapter he speaks at large of Boniface of Germany, whom he stiles Doctor and Martyr. In the sixth Chapter of Charlemagne Prince of France, who turn'd a Religious. In the seventh Chapter of Pope Stephen II. of his Progress into France, of the miraculous Cure he wrought in the Abby of S. Dennis, &c.
The twelfth Book contains the History from Leo IV. to Leo VII. In the first Chapter he speaks of the Palls of Hincmarus, of the Settling the Octave of the Feast of the Assumption of our Lady. In the second Chapter, of John Bishop of Ravenna. In the third Chapter of Hincmarus and of Charles the Bald. In the fourth Chapter of Fulcus Archbishop of Rheims, and of the several Commissions which the Popes granted him. In the fifth Chapter of the Translation of S. Calixtus the Pope to Rheims, which he calls Urbem Nostram, Our City. He treats at large of the Actions of Formosus, whom (he says) Charles▪ King of France desir'd to send him Panem Benedictum, i. e. some Consecrated Bread.
The thirteenth Book is about the Saints which S. Gregory treats of in his Dialogues, and of other Saints of Italy.
The fourteenth Book is about the Guardian Saints, Martyrs, and others of the Cities of Italy. He ends all by S. Colomban and his Disciples.
At the end is an Epitaph of Flodoard himself.
This Manuscript is almost as ancient as Flodoard.
Flodoard's stile is very plain, without any Ornament and without the least Affectation. He makes a great many Extracts, and relates a vast number of Miracles.