At length, having reached extreme old age, and being renowned for learning and holiness, he passed to heaven in the reign of Honorius. His body was buried at Bethlehem; but was afterwards translated to Rome and laid in the Basilica of St. Mary ad Præsepe.
Sa haba, pagkakaroon ng naabot matinding katandaan, at naki-kilala para sa pag-aaral at kabanalan, siya lumipas sa langit sa paghahari ni Honorius. Ang kanyang katawan inilibing sa Bethlehem; ngunit ay pagkatapos isinalin sa Roma at inilagay sila sa Basilica of St. Mary ad Præsepe.