 Rather remarked in one letter, "I would rather hunger under Hugh than make merry under Milo".It has been hypothesised that Milo was behind the theft of the relics of a local Veronese priest, Saint Metro, housed in the church of San Vitale, by the people of nearby Bolzano Vicentino, in order to deprive Rather of the support of a local saint's cult.Rather himself, however, calls this a "laudable theft" ("furtus laudibilis"), presumably because it rescued the saint's relics from Milo.