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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. XI: The Works of Sulpitius Severus.: Chapter XVI.

John CassianNicene and Post-Nicene FathersVincent of Lerins

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“There was also an illustrious name of another anchorite in those regions, a man who dwelt in that part of the desert which is about Syene. This man, when first he betook himself to the wilderness, intended to live on the roots of plants which the sand here and there produces, of a very sweet and delicious flavor; but being ignorant of the nature of the herbs, he often gathered those which were of a deadly character. And, indeed, it was not easy to discriminate between the kind of the roots by…

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. XI: The Works of Sulpitius Severus.: Chapter XVI.

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