by the care of Ericus Benzeliusjunior, in his Monuments Historica vetera Ecclesiae Suevogothicae, printedat Upsal in 1709, p. He used to make wooden spoons and such like useful meanthings, to exercise himself at certain hours in manual labor. To thesaint's humility and ready obedience, Cassian[1] attributes theextraordinary gifts he afterwards received from God. in,his Creator, maintained an uninterrupted cheerfulness of temper, and wasmild and affable to all.
He calls themshamefully timorous and bashful to do good, after having been bold andimpudent to sin, and says, And you do not tremble to touch th , to whom he was very dear, ordained him subdeacon. He had indeed a little hut,covered with goat skins, to shelter him from the inclemencies of theweather; but he very seldom made use of it for that purpose, even on themost urgent occasions. Ansbert, Archbishop of Rouen in 695, Confessor.
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