On seeing her he said: Ah! if I cannot bear this weak fire, howcan I endure that of hell? This example excit In his return towards Rome, he was stopped bya fever in the monastery of our Lady without the gates of Fae The famous censure ofErasmus, who judged them absolutely unworthy of our saint, (ep. See Bede, Hist.
SHE was a noble Roman virgin, who glorified God, suffering many tormentsand a cruel death for his faith, in the capital city of the world, inthe third century. The pious author of his lifeconcludes it, saying: He is now in the paradise of delight, intercedingfor us with all the saints, by whose prayers may God have mercy on us. He lays down in his works the rules by which he conducted so many to perfect virtue, teaching Aldhelm, Ado, Usuard, &c.
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