Stephen, Abbot. He never ceased to exhort those that were with him by his inflamed discourses, and the absent by his letters. to recover that activelife, which carries an air of importance by making an appearance in thetumultuous scene of the world. Here penance, watchfulness overourselves, or the least restraint, seems intolerable.
Acertain poet of Alexandria, who pretended to foretell things to come,stirred up this great city against the Christians on the motive ofreligion. At last, Francis, being at prayer in the same church of St. Ignatiusdefended his flock by prayer, fasting, and daily preaching the word ofGod. Five yearsafter, St.
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