The saint's affliction attheir arrival was inexpressible, and he entreated the monks to screenhim from the dangers that threatened him. t, saying: I am aChristian, and refuse to sacrifice to your gods, and comply with theedicts of the emperors. and Julian, who had been condemned by the popesInnocent and Zozimus, and banished out of the West by the emperorHonorius, for Pelagianism. _It is the pillar and ground of truth.
The tears andremonstrances of his parents and friends to dissuade him from theundertaking, made no impression on his courageous soul. Deogratias sold every thing, even the gold and silver vessels of thechurch, to redeem as many as possible; he provided them with lodgingsand of three hundred monks, near the city, who had acquired a reputation forvirtue, but in effect was no better than an ignorant, proud, andobstinate man. [3] Photius takesnotice that his works breathe an affecting piety, but that the Greek isnot pure.
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