9. For not without reason do many call this the
resurrection of the martyrs. I do not say whether they have risen
for themselves, for us certainly the martyrs have risen. You
know—nay, you have yourselves seen—that many are cleansed
from evil spirits, that very many also, having touched with their hands
the robe of the saints, are freed from those ailments which oppressed
them; you see that the miracles of old time are renewed, when through
the coming of the Lord Jesus grace was more largely shed forth upon the
earth, and that many bodies are healed as it were by the shadow of the
holy bodies. How many napkins are passed about! how many
garments, laid upon the holy relics and endowed with healing power, are
claimed! All are glad to touch even the outside thread, and
whosoever touches will be made whole.