Lives and legends of the great hermits and fathers of the church, with other contemporary saints . en he awoke he atonce ordered the pavement of the church to be removed, andbeneath it were found two perfect skeletons of young men, withthe heads severed from the bodies. The sacred relics wereremoved with great ceremony to the cathedral, and on the waymany miracles of healing are said to have taken place, includingthe restoration of the sight of a blind man. The effect on theminds of the populace of all these wonders was and the Emperor, seeing how useless it was to con-tend aga
Lives and legends of the great hermits and fathers of the church, with other contemporary saints . en he awoke he atonce ordered the pavement of the church to be removed, andbeneath it were found two perfect skeletons of young men, withthe heads severed from the bodies. The sacred relics wereremoved with great ceremony to the cathedral, and on the waymany miracles of healing are said to have taken place, includingthe restoration of the sight of a blind man. The effect on theminds of the populace of all these wonders was and the Emperor, seeing how useless it was to con-tend against one in such favour with God and man, asSt. Ambrose evidently was, ceased their persecution, and ahollow peace was patched up between the Church and ensued the invasion of Maximus, the murderer of thelate Emperor Gratian, who quickly dispersed the Imperialtroops, and on the flight of Justina with her son would gladlyhave cemented an alliance with St. Ambrose. The Bishop,however, refused to have anything to do with a man whose * The Saints in Christian Art, vol. i., pp. 197, Alinariphoto] [Church of tlic Frari, Ic///c ST. AMBROSE ENTHRONEDBy Aivise Iivarini To face p. 158 ST. AMBROSE I59 hands were stained with the blood of Gratian, and it wasnot until Maximus had been deposed, and succeeded by Theo-dosius, that cordial relations were again established betweenthe temporal and spiritual powers. Theodosius, a man ofnoble character, whose crimes and errors were the resultrather of a hasty temper than of moral depravity, soon con-ceived a great affection for St. Ambrose, whose advice he oftenfollowed in preference to that of his own ministers. Again andagain the Bishop had successfully interfered in favour ofclemency to the condemned, and it was with a shock of horrorthat he heard of the terrible massacre at Thessalonica, whichhad been ordered by Theodosius in revenge for the murder bythe populace of one of his generals. That the general hadbrought his fate on h
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