THE RING.
A certain man of noble family, after leading a glorious life, committed fratricide; repenting of his crime he left his country, and after many years arrived at Trèves.
At sunset he stood upon the Moselle bridge, and there, kneeling before the crucifix, wept; his tears flowing into the stream beneath: an Angel swept by, and left him a palm-twig from heaven. He exultingly cried, “Lord, forgive my sins before my end—never will I cease to repent my grievous sin;” then, throwing his ring, which he had taken from his brother, into the river, he prayed that if he were forgiven it should be returned to him.
Rising, he retired into a monastery, and eventually became a Bishop. A fisherman one day arrived and offered him a fish; he took it, thinking it a mark of reverence.
At dinner the cook approached and presented him with a ring, which he had found within the fish.
The Bishop perceived it was his own, and exclaiming, “Heaven has sent it to me as a proof of forgiveness!” expired.
THE CRUCIFIX IN THE MARKET-PLACE.
In the market-place at Trèves there stands a column, with a crucifix on its summit. An inscription on it gives the following miracle as the cause of its erection.