His nurse-cyrilla-was his accomplice and companion in this adventure, and for this she has received her due meed of honor in the legends which have attached to the life of the great founder.
"Women of Early Christianity Woman: In all ages and in all countries, Vol. 3 (of 10)"
Alfred Brittain Mitchell Carroll
One day, cyrilla accidentally broke a stone sieve which she had borrowed for the purpose of making the youthful saint some bread.
"Women of Early Christianity Woman: In all ages and in all countries, Vol. 3 (of 10)"
Alfred Brittain Mitchell Carroll
cyrilla never scowled; she was sitting curled up on her bed with her Greek grammar, and she smiled at the rain and her grumbling chums as cheerfully as possible.
"Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906"
Lucy Maud Montgomery