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Cedd to assist him in settling the monastery of Lestingay,which he had founded in the mountains of the Deiri, that is, the Wouldsof Yorkshire. Peter, and one of St. He also reviewed all the excellent regulations which hehad made for its administration, the distribution of {546} time, and theexercises of piety to be observed in it. The occasion was this: after the death of St.

Serapion was drawnout of his retreat, to be placed in the episcopal see of Thmuis, afamous city of Lower Egypt, near Diospolis, to which Stephanus andPtolemy give the title of a metropolis. This is the fundamental article of theChristian religion, and, above all other mysteries, challenges our mostprofound homages and constant devotion. For the reformation of manners, especially of theclergy, he procured many synods to be held, in which decrees wereframed, which are called his Capitula. [1] From thetime of his death he has been honored with the title of blessed, and isinvoked in the litany of his order, which keeps his festival only with amass of the Trinity on St.