5. Whilst offering the oblation, I heard that a
certain Castulus, who, the Arians said, was a priest, had been seized
by the people. Passers-by had come upon him in the streets.
I began to weep bitterly, and to implore God in the oblation that He
would come to our aid, and that no one’s blood be shed in the
Church’s cause, or at least that it might be my blood shed for
the benefit not of my people only, but also for the unbelievers
themselves. Not to say more, I sent priests and deacons and
rescued the man from violence.