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Only Complete and Unabridged Edition with nearly 100 pages of Chronological and General Index, Alphabetical and Centenary Table, etc.

THE

LIVES

OF

THE FATHERS, MARTYRS,

AND OTHER

PRINCIPAL SAINTS;

COMPILED FROM

ORIGINAL MONUMENTS, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC RECORDS;

ILLUSTRATED WITH THE

REMARKS OF JUDICIOUS MODERN CRITICS AND HISTORIANS.

BY THE REV. ALBAN BUTLER.

With the approbation of

MOST REV. M. A. CORRIGAN, D.D.,

Archbishop of New York.

VOL. VII.

NEW YORK:

P. J. KENEDY,

PUBLISHER TO THE HOLY SEE,

EXCELSIOR CATHOLIC PUBLISHING HOUSE,

5 Barclay Street.

1908

CONTENTS.

JULY. 1. [ St. Rumold, Bishop and Martyr] [SS. Julius and Aaron, Martyrs] [St. Theobald, Confessor] [St. Gal, Bishop] [Another St. Gal, Bishop] [St. Calais, Abbot] [St. Leonorus, Bishop] [St. Simeon] [St. Thierri, Abbot] [St. Cybar, Recluse] 2. [The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin] [SS. Processus and Martinian, Martyrs] [St. Otho, Bishop and Confessor] [St. Monegondes, Recluse] [St. Oudoceus, Bishop] 3. [St. Phocas, Martyr] [St. Guthagon, Recluse] [St. Gunthiern, Abbot] [St. Bertran, Bishop] 4. [St. Ulric, Bishop and Confessor] [St. Odo, Bishop and Confessor] [St. Sisoes, Anchoret] [St. Bertha, Widow, Abbess] [St. Finbar, Abbot in Ireland] [St. Bolcan, Abbot in Ireland] 5. [St. Peter, Bishop and Confessor] [St. Modwena, Virgin in Ireland] [St. Edana, Virgin in Ireland] 6. [St. Palladius, Bishop and Confessor, Apostle of the Scots] [Account of ancient principal Scottish Saints commemorated in an ancient Scottish Calendar published by Mr. Robert Keith] [St. Julian, Anchoret] [St. Sexburgh, Abbess] [St. Goar, Priest, Confessor] [St. Moninna, Virgin in Ireland] 7. [St. Pantænus, Father of the Church] [St. Willibald, Bishop and Confessor] [St. Hedda, Bishop and Confessor] [St. Edelburga, Virgin] [St. Felix, Bishop and Confessor] [St. Benedict XI., Pope and Confessor] 8. [St. Elizabeth, Queen of Portugal] [St. Procopius, Martyr] [SS. Kilian, Bishop, Colman, Priest, and Totnan, Deacon, Martyrs] [St. Withburge, Virgin] [B. Theobald, Abbot] [St. Grimbald, Abbot] 9. [St. Ephrem, Doctor of the Church] [Appendix on the Writings of St. Ephrem] [SS. Martyrs of Gorcum] [St. Everildis, Virgin] [St. Veronica Giuliani] 10. [The Seven Brothers, and St. Felicitas, their mother, Martyrs] [SS. Rufina and Secunda, Virgins, Martyrs] 11. [St. James, Bishop and Confessor] [His Writings] [St. Hidulphus, Bishop] [St. Pius I., Pope and Martyr] [St. Drostan, Abbot in Scotland] 12. [St. John Gualbert, Abbot] [SS. Nabor and Felix, Martyrs] 13. [St. Eugenius, Bishop, &c., Confessors] [St. Anacletus, Pope and Martyr] [St. Turiaf, Bishop] 14. [St. Bonaventure, Cardinal, Bishop, and Doctor of the Church] [Life of B. Giles of Assisio] [Lives and Writings of Peter Lombard, surnamed Master of the Sentences, Bishop of Paris, John Duns Scotus, Professor of Divinity at Oxford, and William Ockham] [St. Camillus de Lellis, Confessor] [St. Idus, Bishop in Ireland] 15. [St. Henry II., Emperor] [Some account of the Territories conferred by Pepin, and confirmed by Charlemagne, on the Holy See] [St. Plechelm, Bishop and Confessor] [St. Swithin, Bishop and Confessor] 16. [St. Eustathius, Patriarch of Antioch, Confessor] [Life and Writings of Eusebius, Bishop of Cæsarea] [St. Elier, Hermit and Martyr] 17. [St. Alexius, Confessor] [St. Speratus, &c., Martyrs] [Life and Writings of Tertullian] [St. Marcellina, Virgin] [St. Ennodius, Bishop and Confessor] [St. Leo IV., Pope and Confessor] [Some Account of the Slander of Pope Joan] [St. Turninus, Confessor, of Ireland] 18. [St. Symphorosa and her seven Sons, Martyrs] [St. Philastrius, Bishop and Confessor] [St. Arnoul, Bishop and Confessor] [St. Arnoul, Martyr] [St. Frederic, Bishop and Martyr] [St. Odulph, Confessor] [St. Bruno, Bishop and Confessor] 19. [St. Vincent of Paul, Confessor] [Some Account of Jansenism] [St. Arsenius, Anchoret of Sceté] [St. Symmachus, Pope and Confessor] [St. Macrina, Virgin] 20. [St. Joseph Barsabas, Confessor] [St. Margaret, Virgin and Martyr] [SS. Justa and Rufina, Martyrs] [St. Ceslas, Confessor] [St. Aurelius, Bishop and Confessor] [St. Ulmar, Abbot] [St. Jerom Æmiliani, Confessor] 21. [St. Praxedes, Virgin] [St. Zoticus, Bishop and Martyr] [St. Barhadbesciabas, Martyr] [St. Victor, Martyr] [Life and Writings of Cassian] [Lives and Writings of Hugh and Richard, Canon Regulars of St. Victor] [St. Arbogastus, Bishop and Confessor] 22. [St. Mary Magdalen] [St. Vandrille, Abbot] [St. Joseph of Palestine] [St. Meneve, Abbot] [St. Dabius, Confessor, of Ireland] 23. [St. Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr] [St. Liborius, Bishop and Confessor] 24. [St. Lupus, Bishop and Confessor] [St. Francis Solano, Confessor] [SS. Romanus and David, Martyrs] [Some Account of the Russians], [their Saints, &c.] [St. Christina, Virgin and Martyr] [SS. Wulfhad and Ruffin, Martyrs] [St. Lewine, Virgin and Martyr] [St. Declan, Bishop in Ireland] [St. Kinga, Virgin] 25. [St. James the Great, Apostle] [St. Christopher, Martyr] [SS. Thea and Valentine, Virgins, and St. Paul, Martyrs] [St. Cucufas, Martyr] [St. Nissen, Abbot in Ireland] 26. [St. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin] [St. Germanus, Bishop and Confessor] 27. [St. Pantaleon, Martyr] [SS. Maximian, Malchus, Martinian, Dionysius, John, Serapion, and Constantine, Martyrs] [St. Congall, Abbot in Ireland] [St. Lucian, Confessor in Ireland] 28. [SS. Nazarius and Celsus, Martyrs] [St. Victor, Pope and Martyr] [St. Innocent I., Pope and Confessor] [St. Sampson, Bishop and Confessor] 29. [St. Martha, Virgin] [SS. Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrice, Martyrs] [St. Felix, Pope and Martyr] [St. William, Bishop and Confessor] [St. Olaus, King and Martyr] [Another St. Olaus, King and Martyr] 30. [SS. Abdon and Sennen, Martyrs] [St. Julitta, Martyr] 31. [St. Ignatius of Loyola, Confessor] [St. John Columbini, Confessor] [St. Helen, Martyr]