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Of the great act of charity which a banker did for the love of God
Peter1 the banker was a man of great wealth, and was so charitable that he distributed all his possessions to the poor.
Then when he had given everything away, he sold himself and gave the whole price to the poor.2
1 Peter or Piero.
2 The story appears in Cavalca's, Vite dei Santi Padri, and also in other forms elsewhere.
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