One of the persons who lived in the city of
Alexandria during this period was a young Sabeanl physician
called Dionysius, who had gained a high repute for his love
of learning. One day he encountered an old woman offering
some of St. Paul's Epistles for sale. Being a constant seeker
of knowledge, he bought them in order to find out what they
were about.
On reading them, something within him was touched
and responded to the teachings they contained. He sought
out the old woman again and eagerly asked her if she had
any more such books to sell. Seeing that "Divine Grace had
touched his heart" the old woman told him that if he went to
