This prince, though a brother of the monarch by whom he had been expelled, entertained him with the utmost courtesy.

At Mentz, the bishop vainly endeavoured to detain him.

Zeal for the conversion of souls led the saint to desire a less cultivated field of labour.

As he passed along the Lake of Zurich, and in the Canton of Zug, he reaped a rich harvest; from, thence he directed his course to Bregentz, then inhabited by an idolatrous people.
Here he was repulsed by those who most needed his apostolic labours; but, undaunted, he retired to the neighbouring county, where he secured a band of zealous converts.

Surrounded by these, and attended by his faithful monks, he once more entered the idolatrous city, and proceeded boldly to the temple where their false gods were enshrined.