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1.8
And while they were in doubt who there was at the time that was superior to all in strength of character, it seemed to them that TheodorusSt. John Chrysostom, Ad Vid. Ux. (Opera, i. 343, 4 B ff.), speaks highly of him, adding that he was born in Sicily, and that after his execution his widow was robbed of her property andd made a servant at the court surpassed all others; he had already gained second rank among the secretaries, and was in fact such a man as they thought him. For he was born of a clan famous in olden times in Gaul, liberally educated from earliest childhood, and so eminent for his modesty, good sense, refinement, charm, and learning that he always seemed superior to every office and rank that he was holding,Cf. Tac., Hist. i. 49, of Galba, maior private visus dum privatus fuit, et omnium consensu capax imperil nisi imperasset, and Socrates, Eccl. Hist., iv. 1, of Valentinian. and was dear alike to high and low. He was also almost the only man whose mouth was closed by no fear of danger, since he bridled his tongue and reflected on what he was going to say.
1.9
Fidustius, already tortured almost to death, also added to this that Theodorus had learned all these prophecies from information which he himself had given him through Euserius, a man of remarkable learning and highly honoured; for shortly before that he had governed Asia with the rank of vice-prefect.
