I often knew him to weep at table, and upon asking the reason for the tears, I received this reply: “I am ashamed to partake of irrational food;45 I am a rational being and I ought to be in a paradise of pleasure because of the power given to us by Christ.” 4. He was acquainted with the entire Roman senate and all the wives of the great men when he came first with Athanasius,46 later with Bishop Demetrius.47 Very rich and exceedingly generous, he made no will when on the point of death, and he left
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