Book XV, 34: On the Nun Febronia

Febronia must surely have given some token of her sympathy to the spirits below likewise, if there, too, the poor have need of the wealthy; for not even there do the souls of the generous forget entirely their beneficence. But in any case the space of our life would suffice to send her forth to the holy bridal chamber of Christ, whom she took as the bridegroom of her chastity, keeping bright her lamp with the oil of love for the poor. Learn that this is the monument of her long, long sleep.