The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Lives of the Saints, Volume II (of 16): February, by Sabine Baring-Gould This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook. Title: The Lives of the Saints, Volume II (of 16): February Author: Sabine Baring-Gould Release Date: May 7, 2014 [EBook #45604] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LIVES OF THE SAINTS, VOL II *** Produced by Greg Bergquist, Chris Pinfield and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Transcriber's Note: Notes and lists in smaller type in the original have been indented two spaces. Illustrations on separate plates have been incorporated in the text. Small capitals have been replaced by full capitals, italics are indicated by _underscores_, and "oe" ligatures have been removed. Apparent typographical errors have been corrected. The use of hyphens is not always consistent. THE Lives of the Saints REV. S. BARING-GOULD _SIXTEEN VOLUMES_ VOLUME THE SECOND [Illustration: THE REPOSE IN EGYPT, WITH DANCING ANGELS. After Luca Cranach. By the robbery of the nest in the tree, the painter ingeniously points to the Massacre of the Innocents as to the cause of the Flight into Egypt. Feb.-Front.] THE Lives of the Saints BY THE REV. S. BARING-GOULD, M.A. New Edition in 16 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 SECOND February LONDON JOHN C. NIMMO 14 KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND MDCCCXCVII _Printed by_ BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO _At the Ballantyne Press_ [Illustration] CONTENTS A PAGE S. Abraham 298 " Adalbald 41 " Adelheid 140 " Adeloga 42 " Æmilian 212 " Agatha 136 " Aldetrudis 413 " Alexander 433 " Alnoth 448 " Amandus 182 SS. Ananias and comp. 412 S. Andrew Corsini 105 " Angilbert 337 " Ansbert 246 " Anskar 56 " Apollonia 231 " Aristion 366 " Athracta 236 " Augulus 190 " Auxentius 299 " Auxibius 339 " Aventine of Chateaudun 86 " Aventine of Troyes 84 " Avitus 138 B S. Baldomer 447 " Baradatus 368 " Barbatus 342 " Belina 344 " Benedict of Aniane 284 " Berach 307 " Berlinda 50 " Bertulf 139 " Besas 442 " Blaise 47 " Boniface, Lausanne 343 " Bridget 14 " Bruno 304 C S. Cæsarius 412 " Castor 289 " Catharine de Ricci 295 " Ceadmon 272 " Celerina 46 SS. Celerinus and comp. 46 " Charalampius and comp. 248 S. Chronion 442 " Chrysolius 189 " Clara of Rimini 256 SS. Claudius and comp. 329 " Constantia and comp. 330 S. Cornelius of Rome. 314 " Cornelius the Cent. 38 " Cuthman 220 D S. Damian 376 " Darlugdach 22 SS. Dionysius and others 212 S. Dionysius (Augsburg) 432 " Dorothy 176 " Dositheus 378 E S. Earcongotha 382 " Eleutherius 350 " Elfleda 214 SS. Elias and others 314 S. Ephraem, Syrian 7 " Ermenilda 292 " Ethelbert 406 " Ethelwold 283 " Eubulus 449 " Eucher 355 " Eulalia 276 " Euphrosyne 264 " Eusebius 306 F SS. Faustinus and Jovita 305 S. Finan 325 " Fintan 324 " Flavian 331 " Fortchern 321 " Fortunatus 47 " Fulcran 294 SS. Fusca and Maura 286 G S. Gabinius 340 " Gelasius, Boy 83 " Gelasius, Actor at Heliopolis 443 " George of Amastris 363 " Georgia 306 SS. German and Randoald 361 S. Gilbert 99 " Gregory II. (Pope) 293 H S. Hadelin 49 " Honestus 313 " Honorina 444 " Hrabanus Maurus 91 I S. Ignatius, Antioch 1 " Ignatius, Africa 46 " Ina 186 " Indract and comp. 140 " Isaias 314 " Isidore 84 J S. Jeremias 314 " Joan of Valois 109 " John de Britto 112 " John of the Grate 26 " John of Matha 226 " John William 255 " Jonas the Gardener 263 " Joseph of Leonissa 111 " Jovita 305 " Julian of Cæsarea 320 " Julian in Africa 395 " Julian, Alexandria 442 " Juliana 316 " Juventius 211 L S. Laurence, Cant. 39 " Laurence, the Illuminator 49 " Laurentinus 46 " Lazarus, B. Milan 264 " Lazarus, Constantinople 386 " Leander 445 " Licinius 292 " Limnæus 367 SS. Loman and Fortchern 321 S. Lucius 395 M SS. Mael and others 178 S. Mansuetus 341 " Margaret of Cortona 371 " Mariamne 318 " Martha 373 " Martian 289 Martyrs at Alexandria 449 " in Arabia 367 " of Japan 141 " of Ebbecksdorf 45 S. Matthias, Ap. 393 " Maura 286 SS. Maurice and comp. 358 S. Maximian 369 " Maximus 329 " Mary, B. V., Purification of 34 " Melchu 178 " Meldan 193 " Meletius 278 " Mengold 220 " Milburgh 382 " Mildred 354 " Modan 91 " Modomnoc 291 SS. Montanus and comp. 395 " Moses and others 192 S. Moses of Syria 376 " Mun 178 N S. Nestor 430 " Nicephorus 233 " Nicolas 92 " Nithard 56 SS. Nymphas and Eubulus 449 O S. Odran 341 " Olcan 349 " Onesimus 312 " Oswald, York 455 P S. Papias 366 " Parthenius 191 " Paula 348 " Paul of Verdun 213 " Pepin 360 " Peter Cambian 45 " Peter Damiani 387 " Peter's Chair at Antioch 365 SS. Phileas and others 80 S. Photinus 358 SS. Pionius and comp. 5 S. Polychronius, B. M. 319 " Polychronius, H. 376 " Polyeuctus 287 " Porphyrius 434 " Prætextatus 402 " Priamianus 376 " Proterius 451 Purification of B. V. Mary 34 R S. Randoald 361 " Raymond of Fitero 29 " Rembert 98 " Richard 194 " Rioch 178 " Robert of Arbrissel 426 " Romanus 452 " Romuald 194 S S. Sabine 241 " Saturninus 259 " Scholastica 250 " Sebastian 212 " Serenus 374 " Sergius 402 " Severus (Avranches) 23 " Severus (Ravenna) 12 " Severus (Valeria) 306 " Sigebert 24 " Sigfried 310 " Simeon 328 " Soteris 248 " Stephen of Grandmont 224 " Sura 252 " Susanna 246 " Symphorian 451 T S. Tanco 317 " Taraghta 236 " Tarasius 416 " Teilo 238 SS. Thalassius and Limnæus 367 S. Thalelæus 444 " Theodora, Empress 275 " Theodore of Apamea 358 " Theodore of Heraclea 190 SS. Theodulus and Julian 320 S. Theophilus, Penitent 88 " Tresan 192 SS. Tyrannio and comp. 346 V S. Valentine 296 " Vedast 179 " Verdiana 31 " Veronica 73 " Victor 410 SS. Victor and Susanna 246 " Victorinus and comp. in Egypt 410 S. Vitalina 359 W S. Walburga 414 " Walfrid 309 " Werburga 52 " William of Maleval 253 " Wulfric 356 Z S. Zabdas 341 " Zacharias (Jerusalem) 359 SS. Zebinus and others 376 S. Zeno 249 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE REPOSE IN EGYPT, WITH DANCING ANGELS _Frontispiece_ _After_ LUCA CRANACH. MARTYRDOM OF S. IGNATIUS _to face p._ 2 _From the "Menologium Græcorum."_ S. EPHRAEM " 8 _After_ CAHIER. S. BRIDGET " 16 _After_ CAHIER. TOMB OF JOSHUA _on p._ 33 _The Greek Menology_. PURIFICATION OF S. MARY THE VIRGIN _to face p._ 34 _From the Great Vienna Missal._ THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT " 36 _After_ FRA ANGELICO. S. BLAISE " 48 _From_ CAHIER. S. WERBURGA " 52 _From_ CAHIER. S. GILBERT, PRIOR OF SEMPRINGHAM _to face p._ 104 _From a Drawing by_ A. WELBY PUGIN. S. VERONICA (_see p. 73_) _on p._ 135 SS. AGNES, CECILIA, AND DOROTHY _to face p._ 176 _After_ ANGELICA DE FIESOLE. S. AMANDUS (_see p. 184_) _on p._ 188 S. RICHARD THE SAXON AND HIS SONS _to face p._ 192 _From_ CAHIER. FAMILY OF S. RICHARD THE SAXON " 194 _From a Drawing by_ A. WELBY PUGIN. A LEARNED DOCTOR AND CHURCH HISTORIAN _on p._ 210 AN ENTHUSIASTIC COLLECTOR OF SAINTLY LEGENDS " 230 S. EUPHROSYNE, FINDING HERSELF AT DEATH'S DOOR, MAKES HERSELF KNOWN TO HER FATHER _to face p._ 272 _From the "Menologium Græcorum" of_ CARDINAL ALBANI. THE PAPERMAKER _on p._ 285 AN EARLY RELIQUARY _to face p._ 318 S. AGATHA (_see p. 136_) _on p._ 338 THE PRINTER " 357 S. MARGARET CORTONA _to face p._ 370 _From_ CAHIER. THE BOOKBINDER _on p._ 372 S. MILBURGH _to face p._ 384 _After_ CAHIER. BEHEADING OF S. MATTHIAS " 392 _From_ CAHIER. WINDOW IN THE CATHEDRAL AT TOURS (VIRGIN WITH ANGELS) " 408 ENAMELLED CHEST WHICH CONTAINED THE REMAINS OF KING ETHELBERT " 408 S. WALBURGA " 414 _From_ CAHIER. [Illustration] [Illustration] LIVES OF THE SAINTS. February 1. SS. CÆCILIUS, _B. of Elvira_, AND COMPANIONS, _MM. in Spain, 1st cent._ S. IGNATIUS, _B. of Antioch, M. at Rome_, A.D. 107. SS. PIONIUS AND COMPANIONS, _MM. at Smyrna_, A.D. 251. S. EUBERT, _B. of Lisle, 4th cent._ S. EPHRAEM SYRUS, _D. C. at Edessa_, A.D. 378. SS. SEVERUS, _B._, VINCENTIA _his wife, and_ INNOCENTIA, _V., their daughter, at Ravenna, end of 4th cent._ S. PAUL, _B. of Trois-Chateaux in France, beginning of 5th cent._ S. PETER THE GALATIAN, _M. at Antioch in Syria, 5th cent._ S. KINNEA, _V. in Ireland, 5th cent._ S. BRIDGET, _V. Abs. at Kildare_, A.D. 525. S. DARLUGDACH, _V. at Kildare_, A.D. 526. S. SEVERUS, _B. of Avranches, 6th cent._ S. PRÆCORDIUS, _P. at Corbie, 6th cent._ S. SORUS, _H. at Perigeux, 6th cent._ SS. AGRIPANUS, _B._, AND URSICINUS, _MM. at Le Puy, after_ A.D. 650. S. SIGEBERT III., _K. C. at Metz_, A.D. 656. B. WOLFHOLD, _P. at Hohenwast in Bavaria, after_ A.D. 1100. S. JOHN OF THE GRATE, _B. of S. Malo_, A.D. 1163. S. RAYMOND, _of Fitero, A.C., Founder of the Order of Calatrava_, A.D. 1163. S. VERDIANA, _V. R. at Castel Fiorentino, in Tuscany_, A.D. 1242. S. IGNATIUS, B. M. (A.D. 107.) [S. Ignatius is commemorated variously, on June 10th, Oct. 8th, Nov. 24th, Dec. 14th or 19th; but by the Roman Martyrology his festival is fixed for Feb. 1st. In the Bruges and Treves Martyrologies, his commemoration was placed on Jan. 31st, so as not to interfere with that of S. Bridget on this day. The authorities for his life and passion are his own genuine Epistles, the Acts of his martyrdom, Eusebius, and S.