Being brought before the magistrates, theyconfessed Jesus Christ so resolutely, that their very judges a Gatian of Tours, after having founded those churches,amidst many dangers, departed in peace. He signalized himself by hisprudence and valor, both in the court and in the army, and acquittedhimself of all Christian duties with extraordinary exactitude andfervor. The mostcommon words in your mouth, burning with the fire of charity, pierce andmelt all hearts.
As if this cell had not been sufficiently remote fromthe eyes of men, St. In one of the two nightswhich he survived, he was favored with a vision, in which one said tohim: Why do you grieve? You have been twice a confessor, and you shallsuffer martyrdom by the sword. [1] See Bede, Hist. affirms in the bull he published when he consecrated the new church there.
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