▁attend ants ▁executed ▁on ▁trif ling ▁charges , ▁and ▁was ▁reported ly ▁acc ustom ed ▁to ▁keep ▁two ▁be ars , ▁known ▁as ▁Mic ca ▁A ure a ▁( g old en ▁cam el ), ▁and ▁In noc ence , ▁in ▁an ▁iron ▁c age ▁which ▁was ▁transport ed ▁wherever ▁he ▁went , ▁whom ▁he ▁employed ▁to ▁execute ▁the ▁sentence , ▁which ▁he ▁often ▁delivered , ▁of ▁capital ▁pun ishment . ▁At ▁length ▁In noc ence , ▁when ▁she ▁was ▁considered ▁to ▁have ▁faith fully ▁dis charg ed ▁her ▁office , ▁was ▁released ▁with ▁the ▁em peror ' s ▁good ▁wishes ▁into ▁her ▁native ▁wild s . ▁ ▁Val entin ian ▁was ▁a ▁Christian ▁but ▁permitted ▁liberal ▁religious ▁freedom ▁to ▁all ▁his ▁subjects , ▁pro scri bing ▁only ▁some ▁forms ▁of ▁rit uals ▁such ▁as ▁particular ▁types ▁of ▁sacrific es , ▁and ▁b anning ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁magic . ▁Again , ▁Val entin ian ▁stead ily ▁set ▁his ▁face ▁against ▁the ▁increasing ▁wealth ▁and ▁world lin ess ▁of ▁the ▁cler gy . ▁He ▁issued ▁a ▁pointed ▁ed ict ▁via ▁Pope ▁Dam as us ▁I , ▁forb idd ing ▁the ▁grant ▁of ▁be quest s ▁to ▁Christian ▁cler gy - men ; ▁and ▁another ▁forcing ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁sac erd otal ▁order ▁to ▁dis charge ▁the ▁public ▁duties ▁ow ed ▁on ▁account ▁of ▁their ▁property , ▁or ▁else ▁rel in qu ish ▁it . ▁ ▁S ocr ates ▁Sch ol astic us ▁gives ▁an ▁interesting ▁account ▁in ▁his ▁Historia ▁E cc les iast ica