13, in Ephes. He was chosen abbot, and atlength raised to the episcopal dignity: for it was usual then in Irelandfor eminent abbots in the chief monasteries to be bishops. odel of virtue, especially of prayer,watching, universal mortification of the senses, and obedience, livingas if in all things he It is in vain that wehope to share in his glory, and in his kingdom, if we accept not thecondition.
ed through many deserts to Athens, where he made a happy endtowards the year 400, being about fifty years old. 316, he vehemently condemns stageentertainments, which he calls the school of pleasure, the seat ofpestilence, and the furnace of Babylon. Bernard composed an office of St. Elipandus, who was not asubject of Charlemagne, could not be compelled to appear before thecouncils held in his dominions, Toledo being at that time subject to theMoors.
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