NEW YORK: P.J. KENEDY, PUBLISHER TO THE HOLY SEE, EXCELSIOR CATHOLIC PUBLISHING HOUSE, 5 BARCLAY STREET. 1903.

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1. PAGE
St. IGNATIUS, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr…….. 325
St. Pionius, Priest and Martyr…………….. 333
St. Bridget, Virgin and Abbess, Patroness of
Ireland……………………………….. 334
St Kinnia, Virgin, of Ireland……………… 334
St. Sigebert, King of Austrasia, Confessor….. 337

2.
The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary…. 337
St. Laurence, Archbishop of Canterbury……… 342

3.
St Blaze, Bishop and Martyr……………….. 343
St. Anscharius, Archbishop of Hamburgh and
Bremen, Confessor………………………. 344
St. Wereburge, Virgin and Abbess, in England,
Patroness of Chester……………………. 345
St. Margaret, Virgin in England……………. 348

4.
St. Andrew Corsini, Bishop and Confessor……. 349
St. Phileas and Philoromus, Bishop of Thmuis,
Martyrs……………………………….. 351
St. Gilbert, Abbot, Founder of the Gilbertins.. 353
St. Jean, or Joan, of Valois, Queen of France.. 353
St. Isidore of Pelusium, Priest……………. 354
St Rembert, Archbishop of Bremen, Confessor…. 355
St. Modan, Abbot in Scotland, Confessor…….. 355
St. Joseph of Leonissa, Confessor………….. 356

5.
St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr……………… 357
The Martyrs of Japan……………………… 359
Appendix to the Martyrs of China…………… 362
SS. Martyrs of Pontus, under Dioclesian…….. 366
St. Avitus, Archbishop of Vienne, Confessor…. 366
St. Alice, or Adelaide, Virgin and Abbess…… 366
St. Abraamius, Bishop of Arbela, Martyr…….. 367

6.
St. Dorothy, Virgin and Martyr…………….. 367
St. Vedast, Bishop of Arras, Confessor……… 368
St. Amandus, Bishop and Confessor………….. 369
St. Barsanuphius, Anchoret………………… 370

7.
St. Romuald, Abbot and Confessor, Founder of
the Order of Camaldoli………………….. 370
St. Richard, King in England, and Confessor…. 377
St. Theodorus, of Heraclea, Martyr…………. 377
St. Tresain, or Tresanus, Priest and Confessor. 378
St. Augulus, Bishop in England, and Martyr….. 379

8.
St. John of Matha, Confessor, Founder of the
Order of Trinitarians…………………… 379
St. Stephen of Grandmont, Abbot……………. 382
Appendix to the Life of St. Stephen………… 384
St. Paul, Bishop of Verdun, Confessor………. 384
St. Cuthman, in England, Confessor…………. 385