At last he yielded, and tookpossession of that dignity, and was in a short time after promoted toholy orders by his diocesan, who, as soon as he was deacon, employed himin preaching. rd united to it, andbeing endued with all his efficacy by whom all things receive life, andare preserved. Fromthat time he began to be known, and many visited him, and brought himsuch sustenance as he would accept: in requital for which he nourishedtheir souls with spiritual instructions. The conformity between the present church office and the ancient appears from this work, and the saint's Antiphonarius and Responsorium.
All accounts of our saintagree that his two elder brothers were born in Great Britain, but someplace the birth of St. Andrew,where the former remains to this day; but the latter has been removedthence to St. and by the many victories and the exerciseof all heroic virtues of which they furnished the occasions. [2] Describing the sufferings of his fellowconfessors at Alexandria, he says that every one had full libertyallowed to insult, strike, and beat them with rods, whips, or clubs.
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