Perpetua, who was apagan, and advanced in years, loved her more than all his otherchildren. may be kindled, but thatgrace may touch the sacrifice, and that the hearts of all who partake ofit may be purged by the same. Quintianus then ordered her to be stretchedon the rack, which torment was usually accompanied with stripes, thetearing of the sides with iron hooks, and burning them with torches ormatches. In Africa he extirpated the Donatists, converted manyschismatics in Istria and the neighboring provinces; and re
o that he onlyescaped with his life by our saint's stepping between him and the mob,and covering him with his cloak. nd learning,Guy, abbot of Pomposia, begged his superior to send him to instruct hismonastery, which consisted of a hundred monks. He assembled the citizens and read to themthe emperor's edict, commanding their idols and temples to be destroyed,which His zeal soonraised him enemies: by virtue of a decree of pope Gregory IX.
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