He was a young boy born into a noble family. Blind from birth, he received nothing but disgust and hatred for the incapable child he was. Shame and despair at himself forced him to remain alone and locked up in his room. Sin was thus committed with lightning speed, and he became the first sinner of acedia.

His life ended as miserably as him. This unwanted child was sold in an arranged marriage to a proud family who were stingy with the money the man's name suggested. His fiancée, in her misplaced pride, found him physically repugnant and tore his face in anger. He, who could neither see nor defend himself, could do nothing; even his desperate flight from his marriage was short-lived, he who knew nothing, yes, that stupid child nobody wanted any more. With his marriage annulled, he returned to his room where he had always been locked up. Perhaps he had been forgotten? Unable to feed himself or move, he died shamefully of thirst.