His mother was illiterate and never recorded the date of his birth, remembering only that he had been born on a Wednesday, eight days before the Feast of the Ascension (which occurs 39 days after Easter).
他的母親是文盲，從未記錄他出生的日期，只記得他出生於耶穌升天節前八天的一個星期三（復活節後第三十九天）。