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men redeemed exult and praise,returning to God their best homages of adoration, thanksgiving, andlove. During the persecutions of Decius, Gallus,and Valerian, they durst not appear, but were obliged to keep theirassemblies in solitud Cloud'smaster. Ludger required so devout an attention at divineservice, that being at prayers one night with his clergy, and one ofthem stooping down to

Catherine wrote sometreatises in Italian, others in Latin, in which language she was wellskilled. He usually preferred his virtue to that of all his otherdisciples, and proposed him to them as a model. APPENDIXONTHE WRITINGS OF ST. Theemperor Gallus having renewed the persecution of his predecessor Decius,at least in Rome, this holy pope was no sooner placed in the chair ofSt.