Lives and legends of the great hermits and fathers of the church, with other contemporary saints (1902)
D'Anvers, N., d. 1933 · London : G. Bell & sons · leaf 186
with banishment first, and, if he continued obstinate,with death. St. Basil refused firmly but gently, and Modestus,the envoy sent by Valens to bring him to reason, after severalinterviews with him, wrote to his employer: We are over-come; this man is above our threats. Valens resolved, there-fore,… … Mansell photo] iLouvre, Paris THE MASS OF ST. BASILBy Stibleyras To face p. 124 ST. BASIL 125 The arrival of the Emperor caused, of. course, a great stiramongst the congregation, but neither the Bishop nor his clergypaid the slightest attention to him. This very unexpected recep-tion took Valens by…
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