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The Lives of the Saints " I'l'iiiii w^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ !lh 1,1' J: ;:! I. ''ill ll! „ ! iiiLi!fiiiiili|!f r CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Cornell University Library BR 1710.B25 1898 V.4 Lives of the saints. 3 1924 026 082 564 The original of tliis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924026082564 (J, ^ THE 3Lt^es of tl)e faints REV. S. BARING-GOULD SIXTEEN VOLUMES VOLUME THE FOURTH ^ -^ ^ April.—Front. •i( ^ THE 5.itiesi of t!)e gjaintsi BY THE REV. S. BARING-GOULD, M.A. New Edition in i6 Volumes Revised with Introduction and Additional Lives of English Martyrs, Cornish and Welsh Saints, and a full Index to the Entire Work ILLUSTRATED BY OVER 400 ENGRAVINGS VOLUME THE FOURTH LONDON JOHN C. NTMMO : GREEN, 6- CO. / NEW YORK LONGMANS, ^ MDCCCXCVIII I ^ Printed by BaLLANTVNE, HANSON &- CO. At the Ballantyne Press -^ •5 ^- -^ VI Contents •i< *- -* Contents vu PAGE S. Magnus . .211 „ Marcellinus, Pope . 345 „ Marcellinus of Em- brun 251 „ Marcellinus of Car- thage . .89 SS. Marian, James, and comp 371 S. Mark, Evang. 334 SS. Maro and comp. 199 „ Martyrs of Africa 73 „ Martyrs of Sara- gossa .... 208 SS. Mary of Egypt and Zosimus . , . 15 S. Mary, wife of Cleopas. .124 „ MaximusofEphesus 369 SS. Maximus and Olym- pias . ... 200 „ Maximus, Quinti- lian, and comp. 181 S. Mellitus .... 326 „ Musa ... .24 N S. Nicetas .... B. Notker Balbulus . -»^ Vlll Contents PAGE SS. Victor, Zoticus, and S. Waltrudis comp. .250 „ Werner 248 „ Victorinus and comp. , . .199 X S. Vincent of Calahorra 227 S. Xystus (Sixtus) . „ Vincent Ferrier . 87 SS. Vitalis and Valeria . 357 W S. Zeno of Verona . i75 „ Zita -354 S. WalaricofLeuconay 3 SS. Zosimus and Mary . 15 . „ Walter . , 122 „ Zoticus and comp. 250 *- -* * ^ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Early Seventeenth Century Mon- . strance . Frontispiece Group of Angels . onp.ii S. Mary of Egypt, the Chief Events of her Life . ... to face p. i6 FroTTi a Window in the Cathedral of Bourges. S. Francis of Paula . „ 24 After Cahier. Organ of the Twelfth Century . ,,72 S. Vincent Ferrier . , „ 88 After Cahier. The Three Maries at the Tomb . „ 128 From a Fresco in the Cathedral of Albi. Portion of a Monstrance . , , onp. 135 S. Leo the Great ...... to face p. 150 S. Godebertha ...... ,,162 After Cahier. S. Hermenigild ...... ,,182 After Cahier. ix ^ ^ — -* qf , iB X Z.zsi of Illustrations S. Hermenigild to facep. 184 From an Engraving designed by Hans Burgkmaie. S. Benet of the Bridge .... „ 198 After Cahier. S. Peter Gonzalez or Elmo . „ 204 After Cahier. S. Stephen Harding, Abbot ... „ 220 From a Drawijig by A. Welby Pugin. S. Alphege 3J The Children in the Fiery Furnace From the Catacombs. S. George {see p. 301) S. Segnorin .... ^— >K Lives of the Saints ERRATA. Page I, Calendar, line lo, for ' circ. a.d. 121 i ' read ' a.d. 1245.' ' ' ,, 10, line 2g, for (about a.d. 1211) ' read (a.d. 1245).' Lives of tile Saints^ Vol. IV.] I apocryphal acts of S. Alexander, is as follows. During the reign of this great Pope, Hermes, prefect of the city, was converted to Christ with his wife, Exuperia, and his sister, Theodora, and all his house, to the number of twelve hundred souls. At that time Aurelian was governor of the city under the emperor Hadrian. No sooner did he hear of this marvellous conversion than he sent for Hermes, and ordered him into the prisons of a tribune, named Quirinus. Hermes VOL IV. I -* »3&- X JLts^ of Illustrations S. Hermenigild to face -p. 184 From an Engraving designed by HANS BUEGKMAIE. S. Benet of the Bridge .... ,,198 After Cahier. S. Peter Gonzalf.;^ nc tttm/-. S. Mark, Evangelist . 336 From the Vienna Missal. S. Peter Martyr onf.o^^Z S. Catherine of Sienna .... to face p. 376 After Cahier. Chair of S. Mark {see p. 334) . ^„^. 382 i^- -'^ ^ ^J( LivES OF THE Saints April 1. S. Theodora, V.MI. at Roim^ a.d. 132. S. Venantius, B.M. in Istria or Dabnaiia. SS. Victor and Stephen, MM, hi Egypt. S. Walaric, Ab. of Leuco7ta.y, circ. a.d- 6rg S. Levconius, B. q/Troyes, circ. a.d. 665. S. DoDOLiN, B. of Vienna, jth cent. S. Macarius, Ab. at Constantinople^ circ. A.D, 830. S. John, B. of Naples, a.d. 853. S. Hugh, B. of Grenoble, a.d. 1132. S. GiLBi'.ET, £. of Caithness, circ. a.d. 1211. S. THEODORA, V.M. (a.d. 132.) [Roman Martyrology and those of Ado, Usiiardus, Notker, &c, Her brother, S. Hermes, on Aug. 2Sth. Authority : —The Acts of S. Alexander, Pope (May 3rd), which are by no means trustworthy.] HE legend of S. Theodora, as contained in the apocryphal acts of S. Alexander, is as follows. During the reign of this great Pope, Hermes, prefect of the city, was converted to Christ with his wife, Exuperia, and his sister, Theodora, and all his house, to the number of twelve hundred souls. At that time Aurelian was governor of the city under the emperor Hadrian. No sooner did he hear of this marvellous conversion than he sent for Hermes, and ordered him into the prisons of a tribune, named Quirinus. Hermes ' VOL IV. I - * "i*- s< ^ 2 Lives of the Saints. rApriu. was now deserted by all his friends and servants. Theodora his sister was alone faithful. She went with him to prison, accompanied him to the tribunal, and was present at his tortures, encouraging him with her exhortations. Quirinus the tribune (March 30th), and his daughter, Balbina, were converted by the example of the brother and sister; and Balbina, having been healed of the king's evil by placing about her neck the chains of S. Peter, was baptized by S. Alexander (see March 31st). When S. Hermes had suffered for the faith, Theodora, assisted by Balbina, recovered his body, and gave it decent burial. When S. Balbina was arrested, she gave the chains of S. Peter into the custody of her friend, who was, however, called to follow her the very next day. AVhen brought before Aurelian, she was asked what had become of the great wealth of her brother. She answered, " My brother's goods, and my own have been distributed among the poor, and now all that I have to give to my Lord Jesus Christ is this poor weak body of mine, which I yield up joyfully." This reply having irritated the magistrate, he ordered her to be beaten, and then executed. The Christians took up her body, and laid it in the cemetery on the Salarian way. Her body, extracted from this catacomb by Pope Alexander VII., was given by him to the Ursuline Con- vent at Caen. However, the Barnabites of Bologna claim to have her body in the Church of S. Paul, other portions of the relics being in the Church of All Saints, in the same town. *- -* -* April i.i kS". Walaric. S. WALARIC, AB. OF LEUCONAY. (about a.d. 619.) [Roman Martyrology, and those of Ado and Usuardus, but in some editions on Dec. 12th. Authority : —A hfe written originally by Abbot Ragimbert, who succeeded him at no great distance of time ; but this life has not reached us in its integrity, having been re-written by a monk of Luxeuil in the nth century.] Walaric, in French Valkry, was a native of Auvergne, and his boyhood was spent among the old volcanic cones, and by the circular lakes that occupy the exhausted craters, pasturing his sheep. But there was something in the mountain scenery, a voice in the pine woods, that spoke to his soul, and bade it quiver, as the little spines of the fir tremble when the wind arises. He knew not for what he felt the stirring of his heart ; whither the voice called him. The first strong desire in his childish breast was a craving to know his letters. And so, whilst his sheep browsed in the grass beside the black tarns, he laboured with a little slate and a book to learn to read and write. Then he went further ; he procured a psalter, and in the mountain pastures found place and opportunity to learn by heart the glorious psalms of the Shepherd-king. And now, in David's words, the deepest cravings of his soul found their utterance. He could not rest, but took refuge in a monastery where lived an uncle of his, and there lie made rapid progress in virtue and knowledge. So great was his modesty, so sweet and gentie his disposition, that all loved him ; he carried the freshness of his moun- tain air, the sweetness of his mountain thyme, with him into the cloister. After some years, he went to the monastery of S. Aunacharius, at Auxerre ; and thence, stirred by the tidings that reached him of the saintly life led by the 5< * 4 Lives of the Saints. [Apnii. monks of Luxeuil under the great Columbanus, and I think it not unlikely, with an undefined, unexpressed longing for rock and pine and blue mountains once more, he took his staff in hand, and with a faithful comrade, Bobbo, went to Columbanus, and was with the great Irish abbot till Queen Brunehild drave him from his retreat, scattered the two hundred and twenty monks who obeyed his rule, and gave the abbey into the hands of seculars. Walaric now laboured with the Blessed Eustace (March 29th), to collect the scattered sheep and replace them in the fold of Luxeuil, which they connived to persuade the seculars to vacate for them.
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