. History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages . rome, the diamonds and pearls and treasureswhich had served to adorn his consort became loaves to feed thehungry, and the rich gold and silken tissues with which his palaceswere hung no longer proclaimed worldly vanity and ambition, butwere changed into rough woollen garments to clothe the shiveringpoor. All that his ancestors had formerly squandered in luxury was now used in aidof good works. Hispalace in old dayswas full of friends andflatterers, now it issurrounded by everyform of suffering. Untillately Pammachiuspassed through thecity su
. History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages . rome, the diamonds and pearls and treasureswhich had served to adorn his consort became loaves to feed thehungry, and the rich gold and silken tissues with which his palaceswere hung no longer proclaimed worldly vanity and ambition, butwere changed into rough woollen garments to clothe the shiveringpoor. All that his ancestors had formerly squandered in luxury was now used in aidof good works. Hispalace in old dayswas full of friends andflatterers, now it issurrounded by everyform of suffering. Untillately Pammachiuspassed through thecity surrounded by acrowd of clients ; now,as soon as he is visible,the grateful poor formhis guard of others lavishtheir vast wealth ongames and shows toattract the populaceand thus attain toconsular dignity, this;Roman, one might say,so dispenses his riches!as to deserve two yearsafter the loss of hisjwife—in 398—Pammachius, with the remains of his wealth,:founded a large hostel in Portus Romanus, at the mouth ofthe fc ■ rTOrtii MitmviasaTmsaiai «nww*rrraMifflwwi?pm lifaiaHI. IOt—Hospital of Pammachius at Portus 1 Hieron., 66, n. 5 (P. Z., XXII., 641). Regarding Pammachius and his large,circle of friends, see Tillemont, Histoire eccl., X., 567 ff. 2 Ground plan from DE ROSSI, Bull. arch, crist. 1866, p. 103; cp. HOLTZINGER,Altchristl. Architektur, p. 25. A.—The Quadriporticus, with its fountain in the —The Basilica or Triclinium. C.—The Baptistery (?). In St. Stephens basilica, nowbrought to light on the Via Latina, the baptistery occupies this position. D.—Two,open courts, possibly to allow the admission of light. E.—An ancient paved , GGG.—Respectively the greater and smaller ambulatories. no. 34] MEN OF MARK 53 Here strangers arriving by sea and requiring help, as well asthe ordinary sick and poor, received kindly shelter, care, andsuccour. It was the founders pleasure to wait p
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