Chromatius of Aquileia, on Gen 39:20

“And cast Joseph into the prison, where the king’s prisoners were kept, and he was there shut up.”

“But the holy man considered that prison to be a palace; and Joseph himself was a palace in his prison, because where faith, chastity and modesty are, there the palace of Christ is, the temple of God, the dwelling of the Holy Spirit.… In the church there are three models of chastity that everybody must imitate: Joseph, Susanna and Mary. May men imitate Joseph, women Susanna and the virgin Mary.”

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