Pascal (Blaise) was a miracle-worker (1623-1662).
Ploti´nus, the Neo-platonic philosopher (205-270).--Porphyrius, Vita Plotini (A.D. 301).
PROCLUS, a Neo-platonic philosopher (410-485).--Marinus, Vita Procli (fifth century).
SOSPITRA possessed the power of seeing all that was done in every part of the whole world.--Eunapius, Œdeseus (fourth century).
VESPASIAN, the Roman emperor, cured a blind man and a cripple by his touch during his stay at Alexandria.
VINCENT DE PAUL, founder of the “Sisters of Charity” (1576-1660).
Thaumaturgus Physicus, a treatise on natural magic, by Gaspar Schott (1657-9).
Thaumaturgus of the West, St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153).
Theag´enes and Chariclei´a (The Loves of), a love story, in Greek, by Heliodorus, bishop of Trikka (fourth century). A charming fiction, largely borrowed from by subsequent novelists, and especially by Mdlle. de Scudéri, Tasso, Guarini and D’Urfé. The tale is this: Some Egyptian brigands met one morning on a hill near the mouth of the Nile, and saw a vessel, laden with stores, lying at anchor. They also observed that the banks of the Nile were strewn with dead bodies and the fragments of food. On further examination they beheld Charicleia sitting on a rock, tending Theagĕnês, who lay beside her severely wounded. Some pirates had done it, and to them the vessel belonged. We are then carried to the house of Nausĭclês, and there Calasīris tells the early history of Charicleia, her love for Theagenês, and their capture by the pirates.
Thea´na (3 syl.) is Anne, countess of Warwick.