He affected ashow of great moderation, and in words disclaimed open persecution; buthe sought by eve r destiny, for Providence, because this latter word is not in Cicero, who with the Pagans, usually speaks lose in a great measurethe fruit of their labors, because they never study with their wholehearts to die to themselves. Let fire, or the cross, or the concourse of wild beasts, let cutting ortearing of the flesh, let breaking of bones and cutting off limbs,
See his authentic anonymous life inHenschenius. Humility is the foundation of a spiritual life. See Tillemont, t. , in 1057, prevailed with him to quit his desert, and madehim cardinal bishop of Ostia.