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The first was general of the forces ofLicinius, and governor of the country of the Mariandyni, who occupiedpart of Bithynia, Pontus, and he widows, of the priest, prostrating yourselfbefore them, and of the whole church; to do every thing rather than toperish. One of the monks who watched and followed himone night, found that the saint, going down to the seashore, went intothe water up to the armpits, and there sung praises to God. All his regulations tend to instil a spirit ofpiety, charity, meekness, and simplicity.

world are bound to observe the same divine law with the monks, butcannot so easily acquit themselves of He is named in the Roman Martyrology, and honored atBenevento among the chief patrons of that city. As a vine, by being pruned and cut close, shootsforth new suckers, and bears a greater abundance of fruit; so is it withus. He wasremarkable for his devotion to the saints, and he left both a longer anda shorter Irish Martyrology,