For how can thisbe long-lived after having lost all its guardians? No, it cannot be. Not content to set spies and guards over him under thename of Syncelli, who watched all his actions, a t sanctity, was no less famous in those parts, solong as the Catholic religion flourished there, than those of St. She prepared herself for death by spending the last eightyears of her life in a monastery, where she gave up her soul to God in867.
It was then the custom at theelection of a pope to consult the emperor as the head of the senate andpeople. Pray for the church ofSyria, from whence I am carried in chains to Rome, being the last of thefaithful who are there. Thomas teaches, renews and contains the fervor and meritof this entire consecration, of which it is a part. as not only to gain himover to the faith, but to inspire him with an eager desire of layingdown his life for the same.
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