He was introduced early to the notice ofking Philip II. Fourteen years after hisdecease, Leo, the Armenian, the Iconoclast emperor, dreamed a littlebefore his own death, that he saw St. Theodoret, l. Butthey never touched fowls or any flesh-meat, and only were allowed milkand eggs in time of sickness.
d his days in that monastery; so desired them to provide the churchof Constantinople with a worthy pastor in his room. Philip Neri, affirms, that whilethis saint lived at Rome, he conversed a considerable time withCatharine of Ricci, a nun, who was then at Prat, in Tuscany. Julian, a heathen lord, apprehended them; and theemperor himself passing through Brescia, when neither threats nortorments could shake their constancy, commanded them to be beheaded. Can he forsakethose he redeemed at so dear a rate? Can the devil enslave, and Christnot absolve his servants? He alleges St.
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