Book VIII, 27: On the Same

Sarah was wise, honouring her dear husband, but thou, mother, didst make thy good husband, once far from the light, first a Christian and then a bishop. Thou Anna didst both bear the dear son for whom thou didst pray and gavest thy Samuel to be a holy servant in the temple ; but the second Anna took to her bosom the great Christ. Nonna shared the fame of both, and at the end, praying in the church, she laid aside there her body.