134. Athanasius had lately sent for Antony and some of his
chosen monks. They descended from their mountain, announced
to the Alexandrians the sanctity of Athanasius, and were
honourably conducted by the archbishop as far as the gates
of the city. Athanas. tom. ii. p. 491, 492 [tom. i. p. 677
sq. ed. Bened. 1777]. See likewise Rufinus, iii. 164, in
Vit. Patr. p. 524.