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Gregory, who was at that time sick, complied with the imperialmandate, so far as to order the edict to be signified to Many flocked tothem, and Romuald being made superior, first practised himself what hetaught others, joining rigorous fasts, solitude, and continual prayer,with hard manual labor. Wereburge,falling on her knees, begged to be admitted in quality of a penitent. These acts have been often republished; but areextant, most ample and correct, in Ruinart.

Omnia prius tentare ne pereas. Theodoret (l. ) See also, on St. He, notwithstanding, tempered hisseverity with mildness and indulgence towards penitents, where charityand prudence required such a condescension.