HE was a holy solitary, who, going to preach to an idolatrous village on
Mount Libanus, overcame the persecutions of the heathens by meekness and
patience. When he had narrowly escaped death from their hands, he
borrowed money wherewith to satisfy the demands of the collectors of the
public taxes, for their failure in which respect they were to be cast
into prison; and by this charity he gained them all to Christ. After
instructing them for three years, he left them in the care of a holy
priest, and returned to his desert. He was some time after ordained
bishop of Canes, in Mesopotamia, which country he cleared of idolatry,
dissensions, and other vices. He joined the recollection and penance of
a monk with the labors of his functions, and died at Constantinople, in
422, having been sent for to court by Theodosius the Younger, and there
treated with the greatest honor on account of his sanctity. The emperor
kept one of his mean garments, and wore it himself on certain days, out
of respect. See Theodoret Philoth. c. 17, t. 3, p. 847.