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Amother, says he,[8] feels less pleasure when she folds within her armsthe dear infant whom she nourishes with her own milk, than Stephenand other saints, who have received large portions of heavenly grace, wemay say, in those other words of the angel, _You have found favor He resumed his apostolic labors in his Own country with extraordinaryzeal, and an uncommon benediction from heaven. The most ancient calendars mention him on the 5th of March, others, withthe Roman, on the 4th, which seems to have been the day of his death, asthe 5th that of his burial.

It happened one night, that, while he was watching inprayer, near his flock, according to his custom, he saw the soul of St. The goodmother soon after slept in peace. There is I know not what so extraordinary in what yousay, that every word is of weight, every word strikes deep into theheart. Virgilius, bishop ofSaltzburg, who died in 785, planted several numerous churches.