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The saint continuedto support his desolate churches, till, in 849, the see of Bremenbecoming vacant, pope Nicholas united it to that of Hamburg, andappointed him bishop of both. The governor, hearingthis generous answer, burst into rage, and said: Since you sought toelude by flight the empe His clothes were of acoarse cloth made of camel's hair. Though they are removed from the conversation of the world,their minds still rove abroad, wandering from the considerat

y those very means which, properly applied, wouldsecure as the conquest of a kingdom which will never have an end. Augustine landed in his dominions: to whose life thereader is referred for all account of this monarch's happy conversion tothe faith. [1]The temple of Serapis, in Alexandria, was most stately and rich, builton an eminence raised by art, in a beautif But the abbessrefused the estate, saying: We have renounced all the conveniences ofthe world, in order to purchase heaven.