From his earliest youth, his excellent parents instilled into him piety and extraordinary charity to the poor. Of this virtue he gave, while still a child, many proofs, among the most remarkable of which was his more than once taking off his own garments to clothe the naked.
Tangu ujana wake wa mwanzo, wazazi wake bora instilled ndani yake ucha Mungu na upendo wa ajabu kwa maskini. Wema wa akawapa, wakati bado mtoto, dalili nyingi, miongoni mwa ajabu zaidi ya ambayo ilikuwa wake zaidi ya mara moja kuchukua mbali nguo zake kwa nguo uchi.