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DEATH OF ODEKIC DE FRIULI. 373 peared rather extraordinary, we like to quote those ex- pressions of sincerity which he pronounced upon his bed of pain, some moments before he appeared before God. We would willingly believe in the most astonish- ing adventures of travellers, if they always gave us the same guarantees of their good faith. Oderic died at Udine, in the month of January 133 L, and as he had been celebrated for his eminent virtues, for the zeal of his apostleship, and the miracles he wrought during his life and after his death, the church has placed him in the number of the Saints. b b 3
