, because, all the rest of the head being shaven, a single circle of hair should be left, which in form of a crown surrounds the whole head.”

“Some maintain, that the clergywear the tonsure in remembrance and reverence of St. Peter, on whom, they say, it was made by certain evil-minded men as a mark of madness; because not comprehending and not wishing to comprehend his holy doctrine, and seeing him fervently preaching before princes and people, who held that doctrine in detestation, they thought he acted as one out of his senses. Others maintain that the tonsure is worn as a mark of dignity, as a sign that those who wear it are more worthy than those who do not; and they call it corona , because, all the rest of the head being shaven, a single circle of hair should be left, which in form of a crown surrounds the whole head.”