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ter appellat Diodorus. ( lib. 22. eel. n. 2. <5c 5. &
lib. 24. n. 1.) erat autem s ut Polybius ait? (lib. 1.)
7TO\i<riMTioi d\ifjfyov] cct\vg fftov jfcu 7Tfoßo\agt op-
pidulum mantimum vnda isr> creptdines habens. no-
men illi a Phinthia tyranno Agrigenti, ( piod.
1. 22. ecl. n. 5.) a quo conditum eft, ceterum ejus
nomen haud primus defbrmavit Leontius: in Iti-
nerario Antonini leges 3 Item ab *Agrigento per
maritima loca Syracufas m. p. c x x x v il. Da dal/um
M. P. x v iiL “Plintis m. p. v .
Enimvero in eo tra&u Tba/aritim quoque oppinormitani
Epifcopi navem invenirent negotii
nefcio cujus cauffa appulfam, qus in Siciliam
quamprimum reditura erat. itaque naviculario
exorato, in navem confcenderunt, Deoquefa-
vente Siciliam primum attigerunt xvil. Kal.
Julias prope Plinthiadis (a) oras, loco, quem
Paflarariam appellant: atque illic navis dies
aliquot fubftitit. mox itinere repetito folve-
runt, atque Agrigentum acceffere, fluvium in-
grefti, qui fuburbium interluit, cui Emporium
nopien eft. (b) hie nave relifta, ad monafte-
rium, quod illic eft, fe contulerunt: quos o-
ftium pulfant^s ut vidit janitor 9 retulit ad Prae-
fe£lum, monachos advenifle quofdam, viros
venerabiles, qui dicerent, fe cum Prafe&o col-
loqui veile. ille admonitus, in aulam mona-
fterii obviam defpendit, & falute invicem di-
£la, in templum deduxit. precibus demum pe-
ra&is, Abbas fimul & Prarfe&us confederunt,
duo reliqui ad hujus latera adftitere. fic vero
Abbas Prazfeftum appellans, quomodo, inquit,
te habes, domine Abba Paulle ? ille adfurgens ,
nec parum de nominis fui appellatione ftupe-
fa6tus, bene, refpondit, pater, Deibeneficio,
& tuis me precibus adjuvantibus. cui rurfum
Abbas, ut valet, inquit, fan&iflimus dominus
ac pater ille nofter communis jPotamio Epi-
fcopus ? quumque ifte re£le item valere refpon-
diffet, Chrifti fcilicet providentia, ßz obfecra-
tionum ejus cauffa, fubjecit Abbas, na: vir ille
Domino acceptus eft. jam & a fratribus
monafterii confluentibus falutati, quum cubi-
culum , quo concederent, poilulaffent, a Prae-
fe£to dedu£li funt, qui & menfam illis appo-
fuit, in qua panem comederunt, & aquam
bibere, ut loci confuetudo ferebat. plurimum
autem fratres cum Pnefetlo fermonem hofpitis
audientes exhilarati funt. at Prazfeftusad fan-
£liffimum Epifcopum fubinde milit, qui de
monachorum adventu certiorem faceret, &
de inexpe£lata nominis fui appellatione edope-
ret. (1) ipfi vero fimul a vefperaad matutinum
pfalmis & le£lioni intenti vigilaverunt: quo
tempore fan£Jiflimus Epifcopus nunciis accepts
vehementer gavifus e ft, ac Deo gratia$
XX.
dum fuit, de quo item agit Diodorus. ( Bibl. 1.
ip . c. 118.) id fortaffe Leontii astate T a jfa ra ria
corrupto nomine dicebatur.
(b) De monafterio iftp infra etiam bis mentio
fit. ( n. 48. & 90. ) idem autem fuiffe videtur,
atque illud , quod Pirrus in Sicilia facra ad annum
ufque m. cc. x x v iil. ftetiffe feribit. (.Not.
Agr. n. 10. T. 1. p. 732. ) locum ipfum Strabo E/x-
ropeiov, ( 1. 6. p. 266.) Ptolemasus H/xTropiov ( 1. 3.
c. 4. ) appellat: forum nempe, quo merces undi-
que invehebantur.
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XX. Jamque, ut illuxit, Donatus archidia-
conus juffu Epilcopi in Emporio aderât, qui
monachos ad ædes pontificales invitaret : quern
Abbas cum fociis difto audiens eo fequutus
eft. vifo autem Epifcopo, qui obviam ipfis
procedebat, coram eo procurabentes ac vene-
rantes, feene , inquiunt, precare nobis, pater
reverendiflime : at Epifcopus , imo tu nobis,
pater, bene precare, quumque Abbas nega-
ret fas effe, quod majoris in minorem jus ii-
lud proprium haberetur, répugnante diu Ab-
bate, Epifcopus ait : Dominus nofter Jefus Chri-
ftus Deus verus omnium noftrum , fan&is precibus
veftris placatus, miferiçordiæ nos fuæ participes
faciat. & /.Imen reddito, fan&o fe in-
vicem ofculo falutarunt, atque in domum pro-
grefli, omnes confederunt. turn prior Epifcopus,
unde, inquit, piiffimi & a Deo prote&i, (1)
hue ad mediocritatem noftram adveniftis ?
cui quum peregrjnos fe effe, ac Romam Domino
adnuente petere fe velle refpondiffent ;
fubjecit Epifcopus: de nobis, pater, quod ex
Domini voluntate eft, fiat : inftitutoque inter
eos fennone de iis, quæ maxime ad animo-
rum utilitatem pertinent, parumper fimul im-
morati funt, mox Epifcopus dimiffo ccetu, in
templum perrexit divinorum myfteriorum cauffa:
dies enim anniverfarius erat fanéîiffimo-
rum Apoftolorum Petri & Paulli : quem fe-
quuti monaçhi, fàcro adftjere, 8c fanélorum
myfteriorum participes faéli funt. eofdem fubinde
Epifcopus menfæ fuæ confidere juftit :
turn cubiculum iis datum quieto in loco prope
ædes pontificales, inde fub auroram quum
in templum rediiffent, & matutinas ibi pre-
ces abfolviffent, ad ædes Epifcopi reverfi , honore
illi reverenter habito, confidentes cum eo
colloqui cceperunt. forte autem contigit, ut
Gregorii parentes in urbem venirent, fecum
quæ opus erant ferentçs, quo anniverfariam
ejus memoriam celebrarent: eodem enim die
Gregorius inde fecefferat, id eft pridie Kal.
Julias. quumque oculis çorum obverfarentur
pueri æquales ejus quondam & foçii , quos jam
adoleviffe videbant, mater ejus alta voce plo-
rare ccçpit ac dicere : heu, fili mi fuaviflime ,
paullum ego mater tua diéta, & te filio læ-
tata fum ? jam te mifera careo. heu, fili,
quis te venatus eft? lupus fortaffe aliquis ineum
fibi agnum abripuit. ecquis vero locus unige-
nam çelat meum? fiquidem præda ufpiam fa-
<ftus eft. at feras hæc regio non habet. num
eum fortaffe fub noftem quis necavit, 8c in
mare projecit? quid dicam nefcio; ac fi qua
alia morte fublatus ille eft, Deus unusnovit.
XXL Hæc & fimilia quum Jamentaretur
mulier , cives, qui convenerant, ipfam lacry-
mis profequebantur. ut vero tantum ploratum
Ab