And he put himself in the hands of the prison-keepers[1] saying to them: give back her son to this good woman, and keep me in his stead.[2] [[69]]
[1] The word in the original is tortori, literally torturers, though it means, of course, the keepers of the prison. [↑]
[2] Also in Saint Gregory, Dialogues, III, 1. [↑]
XVII
Of the great act of charity which a banker did for the love of God
Peter[1] the banker was a man of great wealth, and was so charitable that he distributed all his possessions to the poor.
Then when he had given everything away, he sold himself and gave the whole price to the poor.[2]