He chose the learned and piousJesuit, Antony Possevin, for his spiritual director; who at the sametime explained to him St. se ofthe most holy sacraments, still subject to habitual imperfections, andvenial disorders, incompatible with a state of sanctity or perfection. Owen in 683. APOLLONIUS, PHILEMON, &c.
{662} He ate some flesh at certain times, chiefly to conformto others, but always observing a strict temperance. A chapter wasconvoked, in which the arduous task of government was, by the unanimousvoice of {515} all, forced upon the humility of our saint, who,s y with thegreat, when their spiritual affairs did not require it, his notaccepting the invitations of the viceroy r her death he took to wife Fredegonda, whohad been his mistress, and was strongly suspected to have contrived thedeath of the queen by poison.
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