Forsooth, it was no wonder that every sign of sanctity should be there: for his birth was a marvel and his infancy was marvellous. For when his parents used to go asleep, they would put him between their breasts, and when they awoke they would find him on the bare floor, with his hands stretched out in the form of a cross! And his companionship with them was like the companionship of light with darkness. And from that age till the appointed (time) he endured not the tasting of flesh.