After seeing in a vision his monks mounting up a ladderto heaven all in white, he changed their habit from black to white. Whereupon he commanded them to repair toJerusalem, rebuild {611} their temple, and re-establish their ancientworship, promising them his concurrence towards carrying on the work. nknown, retired virgin, who,being endowed with the most angelic purity of soul and body, beingwithal perfectly humb him intocompliance: but came back to the proconsul highly offended at theliberty with which the martyr had reproached him with his apostacy.
We cannot describe him; he is invisible to us inthis mortal state, but we are sufficiently acquainted with hisperfections to confess and adore him. The Arians intruded theimpious Euzoius into that see, who, formerly being deacon at Alexandria,had been deposed and expelled the church, with the priest andarch-heretic Arius, by St. God has honored his relics with many miracles. Under the walls of the townstood a pond, which was frozen so hard that it would bear walking uponwith safety.
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