Then she went to Africa and, after she had spent seven years there distributing most of her wealth, she went to [[Alexandria]] and from there to [[Jerusalem]]. There she closed herself in a cell and with her example she attracted ninety virgins and [[nun]]s to this same zeal for asceticism. She used to provide for their daily needs unceasingly. Because she was overcome by the pain of the side, she got very sick and, after she had called the [[bishop]] of Eleutheroupolis, she received from him the [[Eucharist]]. Then she bid all the sisters farewell, and lastly uttered these words of [[Job the Long-suffering|Job]]: "As the Lord wishes, so let it be." And in this way she immediately commended her soul to the hands of [[God]].