He desired to imitate the rigorousinstitute of a certain monastery which he had seen in Calabria, andobtained leave of pope Gregory VII. The eleven homilies On the First Epistle to the Thessalonians, were alsopart of the fruit of his episcopal labors at Constantinople. [1] She was favored with an eminent gift of prayer, and manyrevelations; but was often tried by violent slanders and persecutions,which s John made a second voyage to Tunis in 1210, in which he sufferedmuch from the infidels, enraged at his zeal and success in exhorting thepoor slaves to patience and constancy in their faith.
Tillemont. 28, 74, 63. The emperor forbade any to be admitted in monasteries, who, having beenin office, had not yet given up their accounts, or who were engaged inthe military service. PATTON, abbot of Amabaric, in Scotland, passing into Germany to preachthe gospel, and being chosen bishop of Verdun, Tanco, who h
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