 It is now generally considered to be a pious forgery, although there remains disagreement over its original purpose.Haddan, Stubbs, and Wilkins considered the passage "manifestly written in the time and tone" of Prosper of Aquitaine, secretary to Pope Leo the Great in the mid-5th century, and supportive of the missions of Germanus of Auxerre and Palladius of Galatia.Duchesne dated the entry a little later to the pontificate of Boniface II around 530, and Mommsen to the early 7th century.