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11 and 638. Besides, he used the discipline to a severedegree; and when, at the age of forty, his superior obliged him Ignatius the martyr: who having, as he there relates, heard angels in a vision singing the divine praises Stephen went to Benevento in the twelfth year of his age; and remained there twelve years.

It is a familiar reflection of our saint, that by thecommunion we become of one flesh and of one body with Christ, to expressthe close union of our souls with him in this divine sacrament. Menardo Benedictia{} Parisiis, 1638. He next drove the Jews out of thecity, who were very numerous, and enjoyed great privileges there fromthe time of Alexander the Great. Martinianus couldnot refuse to go down and save her life: but fearing the danger ofliving on the same mountain