Dante wedded it to verse, and at Venice this thought may still be seen embodied in one of the grand pictures of Bordone: a shipload of demons is seen approaching Venice in a storm, threatening destruction to the city, but St.Mark, St.George, and St.Nicholas attack the vessel, and disperse the hellish crew.( 219) (219) For Bede, see the Hist.Eccles., vol.i, p.

17; Vita Cuthberti, c.

17 (Migne, tome xliv).

For Thomas Aquinas, see the Summa, pars I, qu.
lxxx, art.2.The second citation I owe to Rydberg, Magic of the Middle Ages, p.

73, where the whole interesting passage is given at length.