I fiT^ -^ c^ >' THE JLins of tlje Siatnts REV. S. BARING-GOULD SIXTEEN VOLUMES VOLUME THE FOURTH >h- * >}« J^ First Edition puUislied iSj2 Second Edidun .... ,, iSc)-j New and Revised Edition, 16 vols. ,, ^9^4 ^ ^ J <Myj^ EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY MONSTRANCE. April, Frontispiece.] y ^^- * ^ THE ili^esf of tje faints BY THE S. REV. BARING-GOULD,J M.A. With Introduction and Additional Lives of English Martyrs, Cornish, Scottish, and Welsh Saints, and a full Index to the Entire Work New and Revised Edition ILLUSTRATED BY 473 ENGRAVINGS EDINBURGH: JOHN GRANT 31 GEORGE IV BRIDGE 1914 -i< -* 83 Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson ij" Co at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh ->i« *- -* CONTENTS S. Abundius .... *^ -* VI Contents PAGE S. Celestine I. ... 94 Gilbert of Caithness 10 „ Celsus 106 Godebertha . .163 SS. Chionia and comp. 34 Gundebert .... 364 S. Cletus 343 ,, Cronan 361 D .S. Dadas 181 Daniel ,, 325 SS. Didymus and Theo- dora 359 S. Dionysius . .122 220 ,, Domnan and comp. „ Donatus yil „ Drogo 217 E B. Eberhardt . 114 S. Egbert . 3V SS. Eleutherius and Antia . B. Elmo . 205 S. Erkonwold 375 ,, Ermine . „ Eupsychius 130 ,, Eutropius . 370 SS. Eutyches and comp 199 F SS. Feli.K and comp. 300 S. Fidelis of Sigma- ringen .... 332 „ Forannan .... 376 SS. Fortunatus and comp 300 S. Francis of Paula . 25 „ Fronto 187 . ,, Fructuosus . .211 G S. George 301 ,, Gerald 74 „ Ceroid 228 *- -* Contents Vll PAGE S. Magnus . .211 PAGE „ Marcellinus, Pope . 345 S. Quintilian . 181 „ Marcellinus of Em- brun . -251 R „ Marcellinus of Car- . S. of Chi- thage . 8g Richard SS. Marian, James, and Chester . 4^ comp 371 „ Richarius . 352 . of S. Mark, Evang. 334 „ Robert Molesme 356 SS. Maro and comp. 199 Ruadan .... 202 „ Martyrs of Africa . 73 Rudolf 22 1 „ Martyrs of Sara- gossa .... 208 SS. Mary of Egypt and Zosimus . 15 s. S. Mary, wife of Cleopas . .124 ,, MaximusofEphesus 369 SS. Maximusand Olym- pias 200 „ Maximus, Quinti- lian, and comp. 181 S. Mellitus .... 326 „ Musa 24 N S. Nicetas 39 B. Notker Balbulus . 95 O \'en. Ode 252 SS. Olympias and Maxi- mus 200 P S. Padarn 200 „ Pancras • • 'h'h B. Peter Gonzalez . 205 S. Peter Martyr. 366 S.S. Phlegon and comp. 121 S. Plato 69 ,, Prochorus . .130 „ Prudentius . 362 »*<- -* Vlll Contents PAGE PAGE SS. Victor, Zoticus, and S. Waltrudis . .131 comp. .250 „ Werner 248 „ Victorinus and comp. 199 X S. Vincentof Calahorra 227 S. ,, Vincent Ferrier . 87 Xystus (Sixtus) 89 SS. Vitalis and Valeria . 357 W S. Zeno of Verona . « 175 „ Zita 354 S. WalaricofLeuconay 3 SS. Zosimus and Mary. 15 „ Walter . , .122 „ Zoticus and comp. 250 *- -\i *- -* LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Early Seventeenth Century Mon- strance Frontispiece Group of Angels on p. 1 1 S. Mary of Egypt, the Chief Events of her Life to face p. 1 6 From a Window in the Cathedral of Bourges. S. Francis of Paula 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 iofacef. 150 S. Leo » 158 From a Pai?iting by RAPHAEL. S. Godebertha 162 After Cahiek. ^ -* X List of Illustrations S. Hermenigild ioface p. 182 After Cahiek. S. Hermenigild ,,184 From an Engraving designed by Hans Burgkmair. S. LlDWYNA ,,190 S. Benet of the Bridge .... ., 198 After Cahier. S. Peter Gonzalez or Elmo ... ., 204 After Cahier. S. Abbot 220 Stephen Harding, ... ., From a Drawing by A. Welby Pugi.n. S. Alpheoe • 9 • a The Children in the Fiery Furnace ojip. 259 From tlie Catacombs. S. George {see p. 301) S. Segnorin . After Cahiek. S. IMellitus » • S. FiDELIS OF SiGMARINGEN After Cahier. S. Peter Martyr . S. Peter Martyr . S. Catherine of Sienna After Cahier. Pius II. Canonizes S. Catherine of Siena Chair of S. Luke {seep. 334) * * Lives of the Saints April 1. S. Theodora, V.Af. at Rome, a.d. 132. S. Venantius, B.jI/. in Islria or Dahnatia. SS. Victor and Stephen, MM. in Egypt. S. Walaric, Ab. ofLeuconay, circ. a.d. 619 S. Levconius, B. o/Troyes, circ. a.d. 665, S. DonoLiN, B. o/Vienne, Tth cent. S. Macarius, Ab. at Cottstantinople, circ. a.d. 830. S. John, B. 0/ Naples, a.d. 853. S. Hugh, B. 0/ Grenoble, a.d. 1132. S. Gilbert, B. 0/ Caithness, a.d. 1245. S. THEODORA, V.M. (a.d. 132.) [Roman Martyrology and those of Ado, Usuardus, Notker, &c. Her brother, S, Hermes, on Aug. 28th, Authority :—The Acts of S. Alexander, which are Pope (May 3rd), by no means trustworthy.] HE legend ot S. Theodora, as contained in the apocryphal acts of S. Alexander, is as follows. the During reign of this great Pope, Hermes, of prefect 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 mto the prisons of a tribune, named Quirinus. Hermes VOL IV. T * * 2 Lives of the Saints. rApnii. 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. When 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 1.1 6'. Walaric. % S. WALARIC, AB. OF LEUCONAY. (about a.d. 619.) and those of Ado and but in [Roman Martyrology, — Usuardus, some editions on Dec. 12th. Authority : A life written originally by Abbot him at no distance of time this life Ragimbert, who succeeded great ; but has not reached us in its integrity, having been re-written by a monk of Luxeuil in the nth century.] Walaric, in French Valery, 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. further he a and in the Then he went ; procured psalter, 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 he made rapid progress in virtue and knowledge. So great was his modesty, so sweet and gentle his disposition, that all his loved him ; he carried the freshness of moun- tain air, the sweetness of his mountain thyme, with him into the cloister. After some years, he went to the monastery of S. at Auxerre and stirred the Aunacharius, ; thence, by tidings that reached him of the saintly life led by the 3e * ^ Lives the Saiiits. [Apriii. 4. of monks of Luxeuil under the great Columbanus, and I think it not unhkely, 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. And so time passed. Now after a while a monk named Waldelin felt called to undertake a mission to the heathen, and S.