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Silas's real name is unknown. He originally lived in Marseille with his parents. However, his father was furious at having an albino for his son, and blamed Silas's mother, eventually killing her. Enraged, Silas murdered his father using a butcher's knife and fled. He was only seven years old. He later fell into a life of crime, and was imprisoned in Andorra in the Pyrenees until freed by an earthquake which destroyed the prison walls. He found refuge with a young Spanish priest named Manuel Aringarosa, who gave him the name Silas, after a person in the Bible who was the companion of Paul of Tarsus, imprisoned at Philippi and freed by an earthquake after singing. Aringarosa eventually became a bishop and also the head of Opus Dei.
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