In Africa, there lived a hard-hearted tax collector named Peter, who showed no mercy to the poor. However, by God's mercy, he was saved. One day, the beggars, discussing his cruelty, decided to ask him for alms. Peter, coming out of his house, threw bread in the face of a beggar. This bread became the only good deed of Peter that was accepted at the judgment of his deeds. After a severe illness, he realized his sins and became generous, giving away all his possessions to the poor and even freeing his slaves.
Peter went to Jerusalem, where his slave, following his instructions, sold him to a pious man, Zoilus. While working for Zoilus, Peter displayed humility and patience despite the humiliations. One day, the same virtuous man appeared to him, saying that he had accepted his alms. Peter continued to serve, avoiding glory, and hid until his death in the 6th century in Constantinople.
