Thisapplause made no impression on the humble saint. Others who refused to sacrifice were beaten{434} to death, or burned, or executed divers other ways. ing embraced withfervor the monastic state, insensibly fell into lukewarmness, and atlength returned into Joseph was executed at Arbela.
ly obstruct the work of our sanctification, and theadvancement of the kingdom of divine grace in our souls. And as a mark of his singular devotion tothe Blessed Virgin, he composed, or at least frequently recited, thelong hymn that bears his name, a copy of {507} which was, by his desire,buried with him. In homily 1, On theMartyrs, (p. Madrisius, in Vit.
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