ed to have been wrought by his relics andintercession; not to mention those he had performed in his lifetime,especially during his missions. HE was a native of Flanders, near Bruges, and a monk in the neighboringmonastery of Turholt. Under an affected modesty he concealed a soul full of deceit,and capable of all crimes. Virtue wasthe only quality and circumstance which Abraham was solicitous about inthe choice which he made of a wife for his son.
He proves, against Nestorianism, (p. Thoughmost rigorous to himself, he was mild to those under his direction, andproportioned their mortifications to their strength. age to suffer joyfully the most crueltorments and death, rather than offend God by sin, because his lovereigned in their hearts. He was scarce gone out of doors, when, meeting a poorman, he bestowed on him his cloak; and shortly after
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