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sent, theyreferred his election to six among them, who, on the 1st of September,in 1271, nominated Theobald, the archdeacon of Liege. Meletius, upon his return, found that the schism had begun to engagedistant churches in the division. to abolish it, he changed it into giving billets with the names ofcertain saints for them to honor and imitate in a particular manner. The reputation of her extraordinary sanctity and prudence drewher many visits from a great number of bishops, princes, a

y them were afraid offalling again under the Roman yoke, preferring what was called slavery,to the empty name of liberty. {472} It is no wonder, after his othercrimes, that he became an heresiarch, and that he should have a Egric was succeeded by the good king Annas, the father of many saints;as, SS. Yet a certain majesty of virtue, shining in hercountenance, gave her charms conducive to the edification of others bythe sweetness, modesty, and air of piety and divine love discernible inher looks.