![]() His course of life was so different from the slothfulness of our times, that all those who bore him company, whether they were tonsured or laymen, had to study either reading the Scriptures, or learning psalms. He was wont to traverse both town and country on foot, never on horseback, unless compelled by some urgent necessity to the end that, as he went, he might turn aside to any whomsoever he saw, whether rich or poor, and call upon them, if infidels, to receive the mystery of the faith, or, if they were believers, strengthen them in the faith, and stir them up by words and actions to giving of alms and the performance of good works. ![]() ![]() Among other lessons in holy living, Aidan left the clergy a most salutary example of abstinence and continence it was the highest commendation of his doctrine with all men, that he taught nothing that he did not practice in his life among his brethren for he neither sought nor loved anything of this world, but delighted in distributing immediately among the poor whom he met whatsoever was given him by the kings or rich men of the world. At that time Segeni, abbot and priest, presided over that monastery. įROM this island, then, and the fraternity of these monks, Aidan was sent to instruct the English nation in Christ, having received the dignity of a bishop. ![]()
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