who was then at Ravenna, made use of his authority to engagethe saint to accept the charge, and went in person to visit him in hiscell, where he passed the night lying on the saint's poor bed. On the contrary, pride is a spirit of revoltand independence: he who is possessed with this devil is fond of his ownconceits, self-confident, and obstinate. ; and they pronounced many anathemas against all image-breakers, that is, those who do not honor holy images, or those who call them Idols. He was so perfectly mortified, and dead to hissenses, that he ate without reflecting either on the kind or quality ofhis food, so that after meals he often knew not what he had been eating.
The foundation of St. Hiszeal for the glory of God, and the angelic function of paying him theconstant tribute of praise in the church, moved him, in the beginning ofhis pontificate, to reform the church music. ully praise ourselves, orwillingly lend an ear to what flatterers say to applaud us? Are wetroubled w Thesaint, being then at his prayers, told the officer that he would followhim as soon as he had finished them.
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