T R &SP A V E L S êsM. o r e e c e .
into the empire.: Euboea and the Peloponnefus were filled with
fugitives,, sand; Luke with a multitude paffed.p^er^fp.the^neighbouring
iflands. * He pieced feis p\jffiM|rs by fwimming, and
arrived at Corinth, where, as he was illiterate, he went to
fchooi. At Psytr^ veaspngpf living flatueg, tjjan not infrequent
j a madman ftanding on a column. To this Styfites chd
Luke tpinifter £gr {eg ye^fs, fiihing, getting wood, dpeffing
videals j. prey.enjipg him frpnj ftarviflg» Sn4 enabling hfip to
pre%ryp bis foptinj; en hi§ ped§ftal»
Pester, who fUcceeded Syrpeon, gi^king peace with the
Romans in 927, Luke returned tp jfghjnit^ai, Proip tbenee,
for greater privacy, he withdrew tp Calapium. Ip 9 3 fot&e
o f the TurkUh race overrunning the codntry, he took'fefuge in
an iflet named’ Ampelon ; and* reTSded three years on that dry
and barrenrqck, often diftreffed for food and water, when the
winds were rough and the feas imp affable* He removed n^xt to
the fpot,' which, fays the biographer, faw him die, afid is riqw
enriched by his facred relipues'*!; T h e companions o f his late
danger, reprefenfed to him, that he was’ bontinually difturbdd on
.^fteillef^w moats dhd pafierigerS. They^^rdVkiied bn hifh'to
f f e ^ e pf, anj| ’coo|vi<Sed: bin! to a plate deibftable indeed^tfeol
' and Menfj 'with $ i& ty o f limpid, watgf to allay hisf ^ ir ff,5 $Sta
/promote vegetajtion f fand fcarcely acceffihle to rnap. Luke
cleared0 the Woddf plkhted a* variety o f herb? and ‘tv££S§°was
hourly employed in improving and adorning His gard^r iw i n
rendering it a terreftrial Paradffe. He epedted his cell afar off
from it and the fountain, for concealment,'among forn,e
thickets.
| Many names qf gl^cep. in, Qie^ce yget$ qprnjgtect; pr qh^ngqij in ttii? qentwy-
“ Grifla, it 5s likely, is. intende4 by the author^ where be mentions % x ^ x
’ pm? Bathysj it is fuppbfed, was oppofite to Suhoeft, and, with C^fttMipn,
i -‘ in irT% ffa ly i Calabiuta, in Attiea? Ampelon, one o i th#. iflet-s o f t|»e f^ronic
g»}if, refined fi^Uy?i t is faj4,rP?«we4^ Jfla S. S. fappoks
-this;,nanae derived from the cures effe«e4 b f ©? «fea4 laiflt. aiyj agSrWA^S.«»®»-
i|io M?the trhe readfng'f?; Thu? iiji the livd? tit the
-Saints, Luke, we read, cu-n^ v^ucs'^fc.
The place was Stiris.
L uke
Lu£e ndiVf« l i ^ 1 fïfpütkf fori, àlîatffêd fb‘r htS Èfüftéfitffei
rêvé réd for f f i fafiàîty of hisdepdrtodht, arid fégffdéd as
â prophet.' After fèveû years he Ckfléd fôgéthér his ffieMs arid
neighbours, and taking an affectionate farewel defired théir
prayers, for it Was uncertain whether they fhould meet again.
He returned to his cell, and lingered fome months, wheffMs
fevefdncreafing he died, much lamented > the people flocking to
attend his fick-bed, though if W3s“ winter, the weather ex-
tferpèly fiçypç* and the ff t t
almoft impaffable.
Luke had directed Gregory,,/j* P ttfb jie t, tb dig hbrféUth
, where he lay, and bury, hijp 1 adding, f hat Gpd would glorffy
the fpot, arid oeeafion itf to hé vififéd;iby muItWÖd^^the
feithfùl, B d ôbeye'd, ârid dêpdfi&Sg the* fö饩d Bddy' pówieklyi-
*6.*<kMnX* the dfoal ééféiöoïfies,’ t^ a ë S f Oié
Aftel fi* tnbrifhsy à ffiohk antf éötfbéh nadiéd
CofeaS', ffoppirig on fes paSage to* Italy, Wié- eo^ujfëâ? Bÿ a
divi-nè hand fó the hérMtaigte and- éeB o f Ltike, #BïcK^pèafeff
hkrf-fë-nwch, that he’ Vowed rievef tb leâVe if àrid ïettn^ hià
graye negleéled, he‘ raâfed^ the holy coffin afbövè m ground, and
indofêd i*t id a fotnbV en’ebrapaflfed #ith iSfife tô préyen? àhif
frorii' fouéhing it, but fhofewhb tvere difpöfed fo'approacR With
devotion.
T he pious care of Cofmas was not unrewarded. Two years
after, fome bf aid followers- petcéivédi d fr^rètit’ off fioWing
plentifully ftofti th‘e; holy cOfiril' This1 indited fherti^ to e r e i
cellar W dbfcbtàfë;- as well 4$ tîféy ^ à B f c , tfie;fü«tób^ircK
o f §?. Bàfbafti y and to-ptovidd frrfall'hbbfts1 fbf the iè'doiSitno-
dritioffdf ftraiige»} Believing it may Bb! prëfûfoed-, w i^ t&é
edifor'of thé' lift;- tftaf tBis-ptopetty,- forWhiOh fèV è r^ i^ tia
fied càrcâfles haVe been1 r'énôWried, was1 n oC b e ft^ |d ‘Dÿ jGod
but“ ad a1 tefomoriV that the body fhould1 ptovb am inViafoabie
2 mm4 asw oasfou htain