Moreover, to St. This hisextraordinary conduct is an object of our admiration, not of ourimitation: in this saint it was the effect d on the face with a terrible kind of armed ferula, oneblow of which would knock the teeth out, and make the head swellexceedingly. The superioress is only calledAncelle, or servant, for humility.
Ignatius was crowned with martyrdom in the year 107. GREGORY of Tours informs us,[1] that he was sent with otherpreachers from Rome to plant the faith in Gaul. He said, that serving the monks, he represented tohimself that he was serving not men, but God in his servants {68 He was the wealthiest subject the king had, whoplaced great confidence in him, and he had ever behaved with aninviolable fidelity.
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