This he spokewith so much feeling and humility that all present were much moved, andthe archbishop dismissed him with respect, leaving all things to hisdiscretion. Being elected bishop of Gaza, in 396, John, themetropolitan and archbishop of Caesarea, wrote to the patriarch ofJe He quitted estate, friends, and country,to serve God in an ascetic life, that is, in celibacy, penance, andprayer. Eustratius.
Ziegellaver, Hist. The officer returned to Lycopolis very melancholy. erof a good pastor, without which all his virtues will be tarnished, andhe will reap no fruit of his labors. Three years beforehand, he foretold the great pestilence of 664, andthat he himself should die of it, but Eata, the abbot, should outliveit.
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