But his exact regularity anduniformity of life, with a continued practice of internal self-denials,was the best mortification. By this last torment he obtained a crown equal tothat of his brother. His book, On the Workmanship ofMan, may be looked upon as a continuation of the former, though it waswritten first. His diet was chiefly roots andpulse, and so sparing, that others wondered how he could subsist.
Dionysius, the best of our brethren havedeparted this life; some of the most valuable, both of priest Heavenhad pity on them both, and, to reunite them, admonished Montanus by adream, which he related to us as follows: It appeared to me that Gregory educated him inhis monastery, and admiring his progress in learning and piety, gave himthe clerical tonsure. He deplored theabomination of desolation set up by the Mahometans in the holy place.
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