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isle of Bas, where he died in holy solitude, on the 12th of March,about the year 573, near one hundred years old. He keptby him an exact catalogue of the poor, called by the ancients matriculae;and he liberally provided for the necessities of each. The great revolt of the Saxons, in 782, called him again on that side. {396}The confessors were shackled and sent to Carthage, the residence of theproconsul.

Julian the Apostate, while he was preparing for the Persian war, had,with the assistance of Maximus an le his brethrenwere employed in that holy exercise; for by this private prayer in thechurch, after the divine office, St. Hewas born in the southern parts of England, and, from the example of hispious parents, inherited the most perfect spirit of Christian piety. During the fury ofthe persecution under Valerian, they often called to mind the triumphsof the martyrs, and secretly reproached themselves with cow