Aderant etiam quadragesimae venerabiles dies, quos religiosiores reddebat praesentia sacerdotum, in tantum ut cotidianis praedicationibus instituti certatim populi ad gratiam baptismatis convolarent.
This also happened in the forty days of solemn season, which were the more devoutly observed through the presence of the bishops, insomuch that being instructed with daily preaching the people eagerly flocked to receive the grace of baptism.
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