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spake thus to the emperor : “If you desire
to be healed, send for Sylvester, the pope
of the Christians, who dwells outside
Rome on Monte Soratte.”
The vision having disappeared, and
Constantine awakened, he sent to Soratte
for Sylvester, and when he had come,
spake thus to him, “My father, I have seen
this night a vision in this wise : two men,
one aged, and the other with a beard, said
to me, that if I wished to be healed, I
should send for thee, which thing I have
done.” Then Sylvester replied, “Wouldst
thou recognize these two who came to
thee ?” And Constantine said that he
would; whereupon Sylvester sent for a
small tablet on which were painted the
effigies of St. Peter and St. Paul, and
showed it to the emperor, who cried,
“Certes, these are the men; they were
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