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HAVING ordered that the pagan temples at Antioch should be
opened, he was very eager to obtain an oracle from Apollo of Daphne.
But the demon that inhabited the temple remained silent through fear of
his neighbor, Babylas the martyr; for the coffin which contained the
body of that saint was close by. When the emperor was informed of this
circumstance, he commanded that the coffin should be immediately
removed: upon which the Christians of Antioch, including women and
children, transported the coffin from Daphne to the city, with solemn
re-joicings and chanting of psalms. The psalms were such as cast
reproach on the gods of the heathen, and those who put confidence in
them and their images.
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