'"Ill lljl ill! i j IIKI'IIIII '".'\;\\\ ','".. I i! li! millis i '"'''lllllllllllll II Hill P II j ill liiilH. CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Cornell University Library BR 1710.B25 1898 v.7 Lives of the saints. 3 1924 026 082 598 The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924026082598 *— * THE 3Utoe* of tt)e Saints; REV. S. BARING-GOULD SIXTEEN VOLUMES VOLUME THE SEVENTH *- -* . l£ . : |£ THE Itoes of tfje faints 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 SEVENTH KttljJ— PARTI LONDON JOHN C. NIMMO &° ' 1 NEW YORK : LONGMANS, GREEN, CO. MDCCCXCVIII *• — ;— * Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. At the Eallantyne Press *- -* CONTENTS' PAGE S. Athanasius, Deac. 127 SS. Aaron and Julius . I SS. AudaxandAnatholia 203 S. Adeodatus . .357 „ Agilulf . 211 SS. Alexanderandcomp. 207 S. Amalberga . , . 262 S. Bertha . 107 SS. AnatholiaandAudax 203 ,, Bonaventura 327 S. Anatolius,B. of Con- stantinople . 95 „ Anatolius, B.ofLao- dicea . 92 „ Andrew of Crete 106 S. Canute 264 Carileff. 12 „ Andrew of Rinn . 302 „ ... SS. Antiochus and SS. Castus and Secun- dinus Cyriac . 351 .... 3 Nicostra- S. Apollonius . 165 „ Claudius, SS. Apostles, The Sepa- tus, and others . 167 comp. ration of the . 347 „ Copres and 207 S. Cyndeus . 277 S. Apronia . .357 SS. Aquila and Pris- „ Cyril 205 Cyrus of Carthage . 321 cilla . ... 182 „ *- -* *(_ vi * *- -* Contents vn N PAGE SS. Nabor and comp. 256 S. Sara . 3°5 „ Nicostratus and SS. Secunda and Rufina 254 others . .167 „ Secundinus and S. Noyala . 140 Castus . Separation of the Apos- O tles . 347 S. Serf or Servan 9 S. Odo, Abp. of Can- „ Sexburga . 158 terbury . .111 „ Sidronius . 277 SS. Odran and Medran 168 SS. Sigisbert and Placi Otto, B. of Bamberg S. 44 dus .... 280 „ Oudoc, B. of Llan- S. Silas 3°4 daff 39 „ Sisoes . 140 Our Lady of Hal . 275 SS. Stephen and comp. 125 S. Sunnifa. 195 „ Swithun . 40 . 26 S. Palladius . H3 „ Simeon Salus „ Pambo . 5 „ Pantasnus . 167 SS. Patermuth and comp. 207 S. Theodore . S. Paul the New 193 SS. Paulinus and comp. 285 „ Peregrinus and others . 166 B. Peter of Luxemburg 85 S. Philomena . 128 „ Phocas .... 320 SS. Placidus and Sigis bert .... 280 S. Plechelm . 358 SS. Processus and Mar tinian . 34 S. Procopius of Prague 123 „ Procopius of Cassa- rea R 2 S. Ragnulf . 3 3 „ Regina .... 31 „ Reginswinda . 359 SS. Romulus and comp. 131 „ Rufina and Secunda 254 S. Rumbold .... 27 VOL. VII. *- -* LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The Tribute Money . ... Frontispiece After a Fresco by Masaccio in the Church of S. M. del Carmine at Florence. The Visitation of the B.V. Mary . to face p. 32 From, the Vienna Missal. The Visitation of the B.V. Mary . „ 34 After DOMENICO Ghirlandajo's Fresco in the Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Tailpiece .... on p. 88 Reliquary, Thirteenth Century, Flemish to face p. 124 Preserved in the Convent of Dames du Sacri- Cour, Mons. Romanesque Censer from Lille . on p. 130 Altar at S. Gervais at Maestricht . to face p. 164 An Early Flemish Reliquary . ., 164 The Martyrs of Gorkum .... ,,224 Facsimile of an Engraving in " Theatrum Cru- " delitatum Hcereticorum nostri , temJ>oris % Antwerp, 1587. g, , , ,j, * * — List of Illustrations anp.^o Tailpiece to face 250 SS. Felicitas and her Seven Sons . p. After Cahiee. 262 S. AMALBERGA . After Cahier, 288 S. Veronica ..... Tailpiece on p. 319 Well in the Cathedral at Ratisbon . „ 346 Separation of the SS. Apostles . iofacep. 348 * g, « * Lives of the Saints • July 1. S. A aeon, the First High Priest, and his sister Miriam, b.c. 1433. S. Esther, Q. at Shushan, B.C. circ. 470. S. Martin, B. ofVienne in Gaul, 2nd cent. SS. Julius and Aaron, MM. at Caerleon in Britain, a.d. 304. Secundinus, BB. MM. in Campania. SS. Castus and } S. Pambo, Ab. in the Nitrian Desert, end of' \th cent. S. Hilary, P. ofOise, near Le Mans. S. Floregius, B. at Estaing, near Rhodez. S. Domitian, Ab. at S. Rembert in the Jura., 4th or $th cent. S. Servan, B. of Orkney, 5th cent. S. Theodoric, P.H. at Mont dOr, near Rheinzs, A.D. 533. S. Carileff, P.H. at Aninsole, near Le Mans, circ. a.d. 540, S. Gall, B. of Clermont in Au-vergne, a.d. 554. S. Eparchius or Cybard, P. Mk. at Angouleme, a.d. 581. * S. Leonore, B.C. in Brittany, 6th cent. S. Golwen, B. o/S. Pol-de-Leon in Brittany, 6th cent. S. Simeon Salus, C. at Emesa in Syria, 6th cent. S. Rumbold, B.M. at Mechlin, 8th cent. S. Regina, Countess of Ostrevandt in Hainault, end of'8th cent. Veneration of a Miraculous Host, in the Church ofS. Jean-en-Greve, at Paris. SS. JULIUS AND AARON, MM. (a.d. 304.) [Roman Martyrology. Not in Sarum or York Kalendars, nor in the martyrology of Bede. Ado is the only one who gives them a. day, and that June 22nd, along with S. Alban. Baronius seems to have inserted these names on July ist, because he found Aaron, the brother of Moses, to be commemorated on that day. Authorities :—Gildas, or rather the " author of the De Bxcidio Britannica," for an account of whom see June 22nd, p. 295. After the pseudo-Gildas, a writer of the 7th cent,, is Bede, in his Ecclesiastical History, B. I., u. 7. Geoffrey of Monmouth, whose testimony is only valuable so far as he is a collector of popular legends and ballads, also mentions Julius and Aaron, V., c. 5, and IX,, cr 12.] JILDAS says thatSS. Julius and Aaron, "citizens of Caerleon," suffered shortly after S. Alban. Bede says, " At the same time suffered Aaron 1 and Julius, citizens of Caerleon, and many 1 " Cives urbis legonium," VOL. VII. I *- "* * *- — Lives of the Saints. tJ»iy • more of both sexes in several places, who, when they had endured sundry torments, and their limbs had been torn after an unheard-of manner, yielded their souls up, to enjoy in the heavenly city a reward for the sufferings which they had passed through." This is a mere paraphrase of the words of the pseudo- Gildas, "The other holy martyrs were tormented with divers sufferings, and their limbs were racked in such unheard-of ways, that they, without delay, erected trophies of their glorious martyrdom even in the gates of the city Jerusalem." Geoffrey of Monmouth (d. 1154) quotes Gildas also without acknowledgment, "The other two, i.e., Julius and Aaron, after being torn limb from limb, in a manner unheard-of, received the crown of martyrdom, and were elevated up to the gates of the heavenly Jeru- salem." He says elsewhere of Caerleon that "it was in Glamorganshire upon the river Usk, near the Severn Sea .... it was also famous for two churches, whereof one was built in honour of the martyr Julius, and adorned with a choir of virgins, who had devoted themselves wholly to the service of God ; but the other, which was founded in memory of S. Aaron, his companion, and maintained a convent of canons, was the third metropolitan church in Britain." It will be seen that all derive their information from Gildas, and it is difficult to conjecture whence he drew his. That two martyrs were commemorated at Caerleon is probable enough, but no trustworthy evidence places their martyrdom in the persecution of Diocletian. This is a mere conjecture, apparently, of the not very scrupulous or exact author who calls himself Gildas. Giraldus Cambrensis bears testimony in his Itinerary to there having been the two churches in Caerleon in his day (d. 1223), dedicated to these saints. * g, *- -» July ij JJ.S'. Castus and Secundinus. SS. CASTUS AND SECUNDINUS, BB., MM. (date uncertain.) [Modern Roman Martyrology, inserted by Baronius. In no Ancient Martyrology are these two names conjoined. Who the Castus is, Baronius inserted in the Martyrology, it is not easy to find out. Castus and Cassius, martyrs in Campania, are venerated on May 22nd, at Sora, but the life of these saints in the Breviary of Capua is an adaptation of the life and acts of SS. Castus and Secundinus in the Breviary of Gaeta. In the Martyr- ology of S. Jerome (so-called) there are twenty martyrs of the name of Castus, but not one of them in Campania. On May 22nd occur SS. Castus and Emilius, and these saints are again commemorated at Capua on Oct. 6th, *on which day probably their bones were translated from Africa at the time of the Vandal invasion, Castus and Emilius having suffered in Africa. Henschenius the Bollandist suspects that the bones of this S. Castus got dispersed among several churches, as those of Sora, Gaeta, and Beneventum, and that a supposition arose that these relics belonged to distinct martyrs of the same name, and then an idea sprang up that they had suffered at Sora, and Gaeta, and Beneventum. The Acts of the Church of Capua, on which Baronius relied so confidently, are spurious. Baronius refers to the life of S. Secundinus, written by Guaipherus. But Guaipherus wrote no life of S. Secundinus, but only an account of the translation of the relics of another saint of this name, bishop of Troja. He quotes also as his authority Gregory, bishop of Terracina, a man of "tenacious memory." - But Gregory lived in the 12th cent., and histenactous memory could not be relied on for events that happened some eight hundred years before he was born.