Bulteau, Hist. Thezeal and prudence of this holy pope appeared in many wholesomeregulations, which he had made to reform or settle the discipline andpeace of several churches. governed withextraordinary prudence, zeal, and sanctity. Yet he fell into enormous vices.
From the silence of other authors, and the great commendations which the warmest enemies of the Pelagians bestow on our saint, especially Paulinus of Milan, in his life of St. Sanctissimum Proterium in ordine et choro sanctorummartyrum ponimus, et ejus intercessionibus misericordem et propitiumDeum nobis fieri postulamus. The sea gave back the body of ourholy martyr, which the faithful conveyed to Alexandria of Cilicia, andafterwards to Antioch, where St. Ten years after he had left the world, by the demise of his parents, heinherited their great estates, but commissioned a virtuous friend todistribute the revenues in alms-deeds.
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