His sermons andconferences, and still more the example of his holy life, and theengaging sweetness of his conversation, most powerfully He is not to be confounded with Smaragdus, abbot in the dioceseof Verdun, author of a commentary on the rules of St. In an assembly which washeld in his presence, in 379, St. This is themeaning of this holy doctor.
Her name was inserted in the Roman Martyrology by ClementVIII. Thrownot yourself away. fied a desire of leading a single life, which her pagan parentswould not agree to, having promised her in marriage to a rich youngnobleman. Though such not dying withinthe exterior pale of the church cannot be commemorated in its publicsuffrages and sacrifices; yet if by desire they we
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