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Nov. 9.] £- John the Dwarf. 219
THE DEDICATION OF THE CHURCH
OF OUR SAVIOUR.
(a.d. 324.)
[Roman Martyrology.]
Constantine inherited the Lateran palace from his wife
Faustina. He built a church dedicated to the Saviour
on Monte Ccelio, of some of the materials of the Lateran
palace that stood there. A chapel was used as a baptistery,
and was dedicated to S. John the Baptist, whose image was
placed over the font. The church now goes by the name
of S. John Lateran, and is the mother church of the see of
Rome.
S. JOHN THE DWARF, H.
(5TH CENT.)
[By the Copts on Oct. I J, but by the Greeks and Russians on Nov. 9.
Authorities :—Mention by Sulpicius Severus, S. Nilus, in the "Life of
S. Arsenius," and the "Lives of the Fathers of the Desert."]
When the great S. Arsenius presented himself before
the solitaries of Scete, asking to be received among them,
none was thought more suitable to be his master than the
venerable John the Dwarf. Arsenius was brought to his
cell. John sat down to eat with his disciples and the other
monks, leaving Arsenius standing unnoticed. After a while
he pretended to observe the tutor of the emperors, and he
flung a loaf of bread on the floor, and said contemptuously,
" There, take and eat that." Arsenius knelt down and ate
the bread on the ground. " That will do," said John, " the
man is humble. I will receive him as my disciple."
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| Title | The lives of the saints - 13 |
| Creator | Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine) |
| Publisher | J. Grant |
| Place of Publication | Edinburgh |
| Date | 1914 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000259 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | ft___ ft Nov. 9.] £- John the Dwarf. 219 THE DEDICATION OF THE CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR. (a.d. 324.) [Roman Martyrology.] Constantine inherited the Lateran palace from his wife Faustina. He built a church dedicated to the Saviour on Monte Ccelio, of some of the materials of the Lateran palace that stood there. A chapel was used as a baptistery, and was dedicated to S. John the Baptist, whose image was placed over the font. The church now goes by the name of S. John Lateran, and is the mother church of the see of Rome. S. JOHN THE DWARF, H. (5TH CENT.) [By the Copts on Oct. I J, but by the Greeks and Russians on Nov. 9. Authorities :—Mention by Sulpicius Severus, S. Nilus, in the "Life of S. Arsenius," and the "Lives of the Fathers of the Desert."] When the great S. Arsenius presented himself before the solitaries of Scete, asking to be received among them, none was thought more suitable to be his master than the venerable John the Dwarf. Arsenius was brought to his cell. John sat down to eat with his disciples and the other monks, leaving Arsenius standing unnoticed. After a while he pretended to observe the tutor of the emperors, and he flung a loaf of bread on the floor, and said contemptuously, " There, take and eat that." Arsenius knelt down and ate the bread on the ground. " That will do," said John, " the man is humble. I will receive him as my disciple." ft — ft |
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