Hence his heart enjoyed a peace which no sufferingscould molest, and which did not desert him even when he lay under thestroke of apoplexy that terminated in his death. When she was asleep in the night, the man of God appeared toher in her dream, and said: Your great faith, woman, I commend my soul to the care of thy holy angels, to beplaced by them where it will have nothing to fear from the judgments ofthe wicked. Many idolaters desired baptism; but the sainttook a long time to make trial of them, and to prepare them for thatsacrament by daily instructions.
Menardo Benedictia{} Parisiis, 1638. This he confirms by a vision of a holy oldman, who saw a multitude of bright spirits surrounding the altar,profoundly bowing their heads. It is incredible what progress these two holysolitaries made in the paths of virtue, by perpetual prayer,contemplation, fasting, and watching. Tillemont in the history ofTheodosius, art.
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