He was accused to the emperor Charlemagne, among otherthings, of wasting his income, and neglecting the embellishment ofchurches within his jurisdiction. , and, to procure the mosteffectual succor to the Holy Land, called a general council to meet atLyons, where pope Innocent IV. Devout meditation on the holyscriptures was his chief entertainment; and the innocence, simplicity,and Paulinus ofNola,[5] though probably somewhat later: and St.
Austin, Serm. In the third, he doubts not butperfect patience, under grievous sicknesses, may equal the merit ofmartyrdom. Their nameswere not known either to the Greek or Latin martyrologists: and theirillustrious triumph is recorded in few words by St. ed with slow fevers, and frequentfits of the gout, which once confined him to his bed two whole years.
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