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Excerpt from The Fathers of the Desert, Vol. 2: Or, an Account of the Origin and Practice of Monkery Among Heathen Nations; Its Passage Into the Church; And Some Wonderful Stories of the Fathers Concerning the Primitive Monks and Hermits
Author's Preface - Chapter 1. Early Piety of Martin. - His Conduct in the Army - 2. Returning Home, meets Robbers and the Devil on the way - Converts his Mother. - Driven away by the Arians. - Eats Poisonous Hellebore on a Desert Island - Becomes a Monk at Poie tiers - 3. Raises the Dead - Made Bishop of Tours - 4. Miracles. The Robber's Ghost - The Pine Tree - Destruction of Pagan Tem plea - 5. Heals the Sick and Casts Out Demons - 6. Dines with the emperor.-detects the Devil in his Impostures. - 7. How Sulpicius became Acquainted with him.-asseverates the Truth of his Statements and Concludes.
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