S. Ethelburga, Q., A.D. 740. A woman of royal race and dispositionm," wife to Ina, king of the West Saxons, whom she induced to retire from the world and enter into a religious order: William of Malmesbury" gives a minute account of the stratagem she employed to accomplish this end; after which she herself retired to the monastery of Barking in Essex, where she passed the remainder of her days in holiness and peace. A Church in Bishopsgate Street, London, is named in her honour, and she was commemorated on May 24th. S. Etheldreda. See Calendar, October 17, p. 126. S. Ethelred, K. C., A.D. 872. Elder brother to King Alfred, and his predecessor on the throne of England, was slain in battle against the pagan Danes, and buried at Wimbourne Minster. It is related of him, that previous to the battle of Essendune, he desired to receive the Holy Communion, and though the enemy came close upon him he would not allow the service to be abridged; his brother Alfred more impatient went and fought the enemy and was driven back, but S. Ethelred's service being now ended he joined the army and soon obtained a complete victory. He was commemorated on April 22nd, and a Church in the city of Norwich is dedicated in his name. S. Eustace, M., A.D. 119. A general in the Roman army, who is said to have been converted by the ap. pearance of a luminous crucifix between the horns of m William of Malmesbury, bk. i. c. 2. n Ibid. a stag which he was hunting; he suffered martyrdom with his wife and two sons in the reign of Adrian, by being roasted in a brazen bull. He is represented as a Roman soldier or knight, which distinguishes him from the nearly identical S. Hubert, who is represented as a Bishop; a stag is near him with a crucifix between its horns; sometimes he carries the stag's head in his hand with or without the crucifix, he also has a horn and dogs near him; representations of his martyrdom rarely occur in this country, though frequent on the continent; he is then depicted with his wife and two sons standing in a brazen bull with a fire under it. He is commemorated in the Church of Rome on September 20th, and the Churches of Tavistock, Devon, and Ibberton, Dorset, are dedicated in his name, and Hoo in Suffolk in the joint names of SS. Andrew and Eustachius. S. Eval is commemorated in the Church and village of S. Eval, Cornwall. S. Everildis, V., A.D. 685. A noble virgin, who with two companions retired to a place in the diocese of York, called from her formerly Everildesham, now Everingham, "where she served our Lord with great perfection." That she was highly esteemed for her sanctity is evident from there being a special office for her in the York Breviary; she is commemorated on July 9th, and the Church of Everingham above mentioned is the only one named after her. • Ancient British Piety, p. 102. S. Ewe is commemorated at the Church and village of S. Ewe, Cornwall. S. Ewins. A Church in the city of Bristol is dedicated in this name, generally supposed to be the same as S. Owen, or Ouen, which see infra. S. Fabian. See Calendar, January 20th, p. 37. S. Felix, B., A.D. 650. A monk, brought over from France by King Sigebert, who had been converted while in exile there, to preach Christianity to the East Angles; he landed on the Suffolk coast and resided at the village still called Felixstowe after him. He is called the Apostle, and was the first Bishop of East Anglia, fixing his see at Dunwich, and governing it with much piety and prudence for seventeen years; he was interred in a monastery which he founded at Soham, Cambridgeshire. is commemorated in the old English calendar on March 8th. The Churches of Philley, Cornwall, Babingley, Norfolk, and Feliskirk, Yorkshire, are named in his sole honour, and Kirkby Ravensworth, Yorkshire, conjointly to SS. John Evangelist and Felix. He S. Feock is commemorated at the Church and village of S. Feocke, Cornwall. S. Fimbarius. The Church of Fowey in Cornwall is said to be dedicated to a saint of this name. This is probably a corruption of S. Finbarrus, or Finbar, the first Bishop of Cork, who was much regarded for his sanctity; he was commemorated on Sept. 25th. The prevalence of Irish dedications in Cornwall, as well as its contiguity to Cork, make it extremely probable that this is the saint honoured at Fowey. S. Firmin, B. M., c. A.D. 287. Was a native of Pampeluna, and was martyred at Amiens, of which place he was the first Bishop. He was commemorated on September 25th. North Crawley in Bucks is the only Church in England dedicated in his name. S. Frideswide, V. A., c. 750. Was daughter of Di 6.JEWITT del CSC. 8. FRIDESWIDE, from Cardinal Wolsey's Evangelisterium in the library of Magdalen College, Oxford. dan, prince of Oxford. From a very early period she P Usher's Antiq., p. 503. desired to devote herself to a religious life, and became abbess of a nunnery founded at Oxford by her father. She escaped from the violence of Algar, a young Mercian noble, who had a design upon her, by concealing herself for some time in a pig-sty: the more legendary account is that her pursuer was suddenly smitten with blindness. She is considered the tutelar or patron Saint of the city of Oxford, and it is probably from this circumstance that she is represented, as in our engraving, with an ox near her; the Cathedral, having been the chapel of her nunnery, is named in her honour, as is also the Church of Frilsham in the neighbouring county of Berks. She was commemorated on October 19th. S. Gabriel. The archangel in the New Testament who announced to S. Mary the conception of our Lord, and to Zacharias the birth of S. John the Baptist. He is represented with a lily in his hand, and a scroll proceeding from his mouth, with the words Ave Maria gratia plena. Five Churches in England are dedicated in his name. S. Genewys. There is a Church dedicated in this name at Scotton, Lincolnshire. S. Gennys is commemorated at the village and Church of S. Gennys, Cornwall. S. Genoveva, or Genevieve, V. C., A.D. 509. Born c. 422, of Christian parents, at Nanterre, near Paris, where she was employed in keeping sheep. Through the persuasion of S. Germanus she early devoted her |
