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I i lllfl ll!li!H!|l 1 ll.ilif I i!?l'ii'Ti"lliili jjlliiliiiliji j HiliilltflilUli'ill' CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Cornell University Library BR 1710.B25 1898 V.9 Lives of the saints. 3 1924 026 082 614 Cornell University Library The original of tliis book is in tlie Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924026082614 *— , . * THE %.i))ts of tl)e faints REV. S. BARING-GOULD SIXTEEN VOLUMES VOLUME THE NINTH *- ^ DEATH AND ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN. After Andrea Orcagna'3 Bas-relief Tabernacle, XlVth Century•=^^'''^i' in the Cnuron of San Miohele at floreiloe. Aug. — Front. ' ^ Ij, THE ILtt)0$ of t))e ^amt0 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 NINTH LONDON JOHN C NIMMO NEW YORK : LONGMANS, GREEN, &^ CO. MDCCCXCVIII \ ^^^^v./ /cT^^ ^ ^3" Printed by Ballantvne, Hanson &^ Co. At the Ballantyne Press *- -^ CONTENTS A PAGE SS. Apollinaris andTim- SS. Abundius and Ire- othy 243 naeus 314 S. Aristarchus ... 34 S. Acca 80 „ Arsacius . .150 SS. Adauctus and Felix 383 „ Aspren 24 S. Afra 59 Assumption of the „ Agapetus . .162 B.V.M., The . 141 SS. Agapius and comp. 179 SS. Asterius and comp. 238 S. Aidan 391 „ Athanasius and An- „ Alexander . .315 thusa .... 232 „ Almedha .... 6 S. Augustine of Hippo 351 „ Alphonso Liguori . 21 B. Altmann of Passau . 102 B S. Alypius of Tagaste . 144 „ Andrew the Tribune 177 S. Bartholomew, Ap. 253 SS. Anicetus and Pho- SS. Bassa and Sons . 223 tius 115 S. Bernard ofClairvaux 196 „ Anthusa and Atha- SS. Bernard de Alzira nasius .... 233 and comp. 226 Apparition of the Cross, S. Blane of Bute . .112 The 180 SS. Boniface and comp. 159 *- -* * * K O PAGE PAGE S. Keneth . , 6 S. Oswald, King . 63 „ Oswin 192 „ Ouen, B. of Rouen . 263 S. Laurence .... 109 SS. Liberatus, Boniface, and comp. .159 s. S. Louis, B. ofToulouse 185 „ Louis 284 SS. Luxorius, Cisellus, and Camerinus . 221 S. Lydia < 24 SS. Largus and comp. 98 M S. Maccarthen . 148 „ Maelrabha . 346 „ Magnus .... 176 „ Malchus, B. of Lis- more 112 „ Mammas .... 158 SS. Marana and Cyra . z8 S. Marcellus, Bp. .137 SS. Marcellus, Mam- maea, and comp. 328 S. Marinus .... loi „ Mary and comp. 107 „ Mary of the Snows 62 „ Mennas, Patr. of Constantinople . 271 „ Mochteus of Louth . 182 „ Molua of Clonfert . 37 „ Moyses the Ethio- pian 348 S. Muredach . .118 N Name of Jesus, The . 83 S. Nathy 107 "i*- -* Vlll Contents W PAGE S. Tharsicius . .143 S. Waltheof . „ Theodota .... 18 „ Werenfried . SS. Tiburtius and Chro- White Mass, The . matius . .113 „ Timothy and Apol- linaris .... 243 „ Thecla and comp. i/y „ Timothy, Thecla, and Agapius . 179 Transfiguration of our Lord, The ... 75 *- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Death and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Frontispiece After' Andrea Orcagna's Bas-relief Taler- nach. Fourteenth Century, in the Church of San Michele, at Florence, Iron Chain supposed to have been made S. BY EtHELWOLD , to face p. 14 S. ALPHONSO LiGUORI „ 22 After Cahier. S. Dominic ....... ,,40 S. Dominic waited upon by Angels . » 5° •After the Painting by Fra Angelico da FlESOLE. The Transfiguration ,,74 Fro7n the Vienna Missal. Monograms of the Sacred Name of Jesus Christ—xpistos .... ,,82 S. Albert of Sicily „ 86 After Cahier. The Blessed Virgin Mary receiving the Announcement of her approaching Dissolution onp.io<^ After a Bas-relief iy Orcagna. ix *- • , it X List of Illustrations S. Laurence fofacep. no S. Clara .... ... ,,120 After Cahier. The Last Moments of the Blessed Virgin Mary ,,136 After a Picture by QuiNTIN Matsys in the Antwerp Museum. The Blessed Virgin on the Bed of Death „ 138 4/'fe?-ALEKKT DUEEE. Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary „ 140 Funeral of the Blessed Virgin Mary . „ 142 After a Picture by Mantegna in the Madrid Museum. From the Office of the Assumption OF the Blessed Virgin Mary . „ 144 In the Vien7ia Missal. The Virgin Crowned by the Father Eternal—AT the Foot S. John, S. Augustine, S. Jerome, and S. Eloi . „ 146 Prom, a Picture by S. BOTICELLI in the Academy des Beaux-A rts, Florence. S. Arnulf, Bishop of Soissons' ... „ 148 After Cahiee. S. ROCH TCJI After Cahier. Tailpiece onp. 148 ^- -^ *- -* List of Illustrations XI Finding of the Cross by S. Helena {seep. 170) on p. 161 S. Helena, Empress to face p. 164 After HoLEEiN. S. Sebald mailing a Fire from Icicles . After a Relief on the Tomb of S. Sebald, by Pkter VlSCHER and his Sons, in the Church of S. Sebald at Nuremberg. S. Radegund, Wife of King Clothair, receiving the Religious Habit at THE Hands of S. Medard, Bishop of NOYON . on p. 191 S. Bernard of Clairvaux . to face p. 200 After Gather. The Vision of S. Bernard—The Blessed Virgin appearing' to S. Bernard and relating her history .... „ 208 After FiLiPPINO LiPPI. B.- Bernard Ptolemy 228 After Cahier. S. Peter, Apostle ...... on p. 229 S. Philip Beniti ...... to face p. 252 After Cahier. S. Bartholomew ...... „ 256 From the Vienna Missal. Cathedral of S. Ouen at Rouen . „ 262 Coronation of S. Louis ab Reims . „ 284 *- ->J« *- -* XII List of Illustrations S. Louis, on his Accession to the Throne, opening the gates of the paris Prisons ... ... to face p. 286 From a Picture hy M. MeisoN. S. Louis under discipline ; S. Louis feed- ing THE Leper FroTii a Windcyw in the Abbey of S. Denis, Four- teenth Century, S. Louis burying the decomposed Bodies OF Crusaders 296 From a Mural Painting by L. Matout at S. Sulpice, Paris. Enamelled Shrine of S. Louis 308 Tomb of Louis, eldest Son of S. Louis, DIED 1260 308 S. Rose of Lima ...... 320 After Cai-iier. S. Augustine . 3S2 After Cahier. Funeral of S. Augustine . 378 After Benozzo Gozzoli in the Church of S. Augustine at San Gemignano. S. Antony the Great . {Jan. 17) on p. 379 Tailpiece .o_ I) 302 Tailpiece , 386 S. Raymund NONNATUS to face p. ^oo After Cahier. *- ^ ~"rj^ Lives of the Saints August 1, SS. Eleazae, the Seven Maccabees and their Mother, at Antioch, B.C. i66 {2 Mace. vi. viz.) S. Peter ad Vincula. SS. Fides, Spes, and Chahitas, VV. MM., awti'SAPiENTrA, M. at Rome. S. Felix, M. ai Gerona- in Catalonia ; aire, a.d. 303. S. Justin/ ^£3^ M. at Paris. S. JUSTA, V. M. at Aquila in Italy ; circ. A.D. 304, SS. FiCARDUs AND Secundelius, HH., at Nantes; 6th cent. S. Bandaridus, B. ofSoissons; 6th cent. S. Keneth, JI. in Gower; 6th cent. S. Almedha, V. M. at Brecknock ; 6th cent. S, Ethelwold, B. of Winchester ; a.d. 984. S. PETER AD VINCULA. [Roman Martyrology. Bede, Usuardus, Hrabanus, Nothes, &c., Anglican reformed Kalendar. In the Roman, "At Rome, on the Esquiline, the dedication of S. Peter ad Vincula." In the Anglican " Lammas Day."] flHE name ot this holy day, Lammas, is a corruption of Loafmass—a feast of thanksgiving for the first fruits of the harvest, annually observed in England ^™ at the beginning of August. Bread made of the new wheat was offered at mass on this day, and was solemnly blessed; and hence, in many parts of England, tenants were bound to bring in new wheat of the year to their lords, on or before the ist August. The blessing of new fruits was performed annually in the Eastern a,nd Western Churches on the ist, and sometimes on the 6th of August. It is mentioned on the latter da,y ia the Sacramentary of S. Gregory. In the 5th cent, a church was dedicated to S. Peter ad Vincula on the Esquiline hill at Rome, on this day ; and i VOL. IX. ^ ij, 9f — 2 Lives of the Saints. [August i. hence the festival of S. Peter's deHvery from prison, and the breaking oif of his chains, was kept upon it, though the event happened shortly after Easter. The account of the deliverance of S. Peter is thus recorded by S. Luke in the Acts of the Apostles : " Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church. " And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. " And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of un- leavened bread.) " And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him ; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. " Peter therefore was kept in prison : but prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him. " And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains ; and the keepers before the door kept the prison. " And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison : and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying. Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. "And the angel said unto him. Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him. Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. " And he went out, and followed him ; and wist not that it true was which was done by the angel ; but thought he saw a vision. " When they were past the first and second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city ; which opened to them of his own accord : and they went out, and *- -* 3 *- -* kS".