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Title: The Lives of the Saints, Volume 02 (of 16): February

Author: S. Baring-Gould

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Transcriber's Note:

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Illustrations on separate plates have been incorporated in the text. Their locations, in the List of Illustrations, have been modified accordingly.

THE
Lives of the Saints

REV. S. BARING-GOULD

SIXTEEN VOLUMES
VOLUME THE SECOND

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

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.
PAGE
Martyrdom of S. Ignatius 3
From the "Menologium Græcorum."
S. Ephraem 9
After Cahier.
S. Bridget 17
After Cahier.
Tomb of Joshua 33
The Greek Menology.
Purification of S. Mary the Virgin 35
From the Great Vienna Missal.
The Flight into Egypt 37
After Fra Angelico.
S. Blaise 49
From Cahier.
S. Werburga 53
From Cahier.
S. Gilbert, Prior of Sempringham 105
From a Drawing by A. Welby Pugin.
S. Veronica (see p. 73) 135
SS. Agnes, Cecilia, and Dorothy 176
After Angelica de Fiesole.
S. Amandus (see p. 184) 188
S. Richard the Saxon and his Sons 194
From Cahier.
Family of S. Richard the Saxon 194
From a Drawing by A. Welby Pugin.
A Learned Doctor and Church Historian 210
An Enthusiastic Collector of Saintly Legends 230
S. Euphrosyne, finding herself at Death's Door,
makes herself known to her Father
271
From the "Menologium Græcorum" of Cardinal Albani.
The Papermaker 285
An Early Reliquary 318
S. Agatha (see p. 136) 338
The Printer 357
S. Margaret Cortona 370
From Cahier.
The Bookbinder 372
S. Milburgh 385
After Cahier.
Beheading of S. Matthias 395
From Cahier.
Enamelled Chest which contained the
Remains of King Ethelbert
409
Window in the Cathedral at Tours
(Virgin with Angels)
409
S. Walburga 415
From Cahier.