Chandlery, Peter Joseph; Gerard, John: Pilgrim-walks in Rome: a guide to the holy places in the city and its vicinity (New York: Fordham University Press, 1908)

‘ O Rome, exceedingly glorified by the triumphs of
the Apostles, crowned with the roses of martyrs, all white
with the lilies of confessors, adorned with the palms of
virgins, strengthened by the merits of all the Saints. O city
that enshrinest so many of their holy bodies, all hail to
thee ! May thy authority hitherto supported by the dignity
and wisdom of the holy Fathers never fail, that authority
whereby the mystic body of Christ, our holy mother the
Church, flourishes and is sustained.”
—St. Fursey of Ireland, (d. 650.)