She with many tears returnedhim her most hearty thanks, and promised to obey in all things hisinjunctions. Paul thedeacon relates, that after the saint's death, Peter the deacon, his mostintimate friend, testified that he had seen in a vision, oul will pursue, with easeand cheerfulness, the delightful and beautiful course of virtue uponwhich she has entered. He willindeed always live by grace and sanctity in many members of his mysticalbody.
Cuthbert, foreseeing his death to approach, resigned his bishopric,which he had held two years, and retired to his solitude in FarneIsland, to prepare himself for his last passage. The heathens were persuaded, that if any one should touchit the heavens would fall, and the world return into the state of itsprimitive chaos. Which practice of devotion several popes haverecommended by indulgences; as John XXII. Sigefride, who was honored bythe Swedes as their apostle, till the change of religion among them.
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