When he had reached his twenty-first year, and had given such a demonstration of his studies by speaking in public, that the whole audience in the theatre was thrilled, he was led by divine providence to despise all that was already in his grasp, and drawn by an irresistible impulse went off to a life of solitude and poverty.
So he lived by himself, having found a solitary spot on the banks of the Iris-a river flowing through the midst of Pontus.
By it the young man found a place with a luxuriant growth of trees and a hill nestling under the mass of the overhanging mountain.
So the generous youth would go on fishing expeditions, and since he was an expert in every form of sport, he provided food to his grateful clients by this means.
The Order of Naucratius is an organization in the Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan that connects hunters and anglers who share their harvests with those who are hungry, through local programs and churches that are engaged in feeding people.