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Rh When he died, he left the orphan and the widow to mourn the loss of a friend.

St. Saba, who was one of the acquaintances of Euthymius' latter days, is celebrated amongst the Syrian Christians as the "Star of Palestine," and is eulogized as the colonizer of the desert, by turning its barren sands into flourishing towns. From his solitary cell near the Jordan, his name was known far around as the friend of the