is still extant c) she is represented carrying her head under a canopy, and on one side a sword, the instrument of her martyrdom, on the other a key. These probably allude to her Church being under the invocation of SS. Peter and Paul, of whom they are the emblems. She is also represented with a rosary or bible in one hand, and a bunch of keys in the other, one of which is usually a clicket or latch-key. In our illustration it is rather difficult to define what she carries in her right hand, it has generally been supposed to be three loaves, but it has also been ingeniously surmised to represent the east end of a building, with a triple apsidal termination, probably of the Church which she founded, while the latch-key refers to her having presided over her monastery as abbess. S. Ouen, or Owen, Abp., A.D. 683. Was the son of a French nobleman, and being placed in the court of King Clothaire II., met there with S. Eloy, or Eligius, with whom he contracted a great friendship. He was keeper of the seal to two successive kings of France, and after many importunities he at length obtained permission to receive the tonsure, and was shortly after elected Archbishop of Rouen, in which position he distinguished himself by his austerities to himself, See Archæologia, vol. xviii. p. 445. d Ositha by long-continued labour and great expense, caused a Church to be built in Chic, in honour of the Apostles Peter and Paul, as also buildings convenient for the uses of the holy nuns, of wonderful masonry. -Leland's Itinerary, vol. iii. p. 42. T and his humility and charity to others. He presided over his see forty-three years, and there is a long list of miracles performed by his relics. He is commemorated on August 25th, and Bromham, Bedfordshire, and the cities of Hereford and Gloucester, have each a Church named in his honour, and one in the city of Bristol, called S. Ewin's, is said to refer to this saint. S. Pancras, M., A.D. 304. There is much obscurity regarding the life and acts of this once very popular saint, but the best accounts make him to have suffered martyrdom at Rome under the persecution of Diocletian, when he was but fourteen years old. In the year 656 Pope Vitalian sent some of his relics as a present to King Oswy of Northumbriae, and the possession of these in this country may account for eleven Churches being named in his honour. One authority states that the Church of S. Pancras, Canterbury, was the first consecrated by S. Augustine after his arrival in England. He is represented with a youthful countenance, carrying a book and a palmbranch, and treading upon a heathen (?), symbolical of his triumph over their persecution. May 12 is the day of his commemoration. S. Pandiana, V., A.D. 904. A Scottish virgin, who to escape the tyranny of her father, said to have been a king of Scotland, retired to Eltisley in Cambridgeshire, where she led a solitary life in great Bede, lib. iii. c. 29. f Lives of the Saints, 4to. 1729. vol. ii. p. 293. sanctity, and is still commemorated in the dedication of the Church there in conjunction with S. John. She was honoured on August 26th. S. Paternus, B., A.D. 555. Was a native of Bretagne, who at an early age joined a mission coming over to Great Britain, and settled in Cardiganshire, where he embraced the monastic life and founded several monasteries; there he became intimate with S. David, and accompanied him to Jerusalem, where he was consecrated Bishop of Mauritania, in Cardiganshire. Afterwards, at the unanimous request of the people of Vannes, in his native country, he was translated to that see, where he died on the 15th of April, the day upon which the old English calendar commemorates him. The Churches of South Petherwin, Cornwall, Trewen, in the same county, and North Petherwin, Devonshire, are named in his honour. He is represented in episcopal robes with a serpent near him, in reference to a legend that he was bitten by a venomous serpent, and suffered no harm from it. S. Patrick, B., A.D. 464. Apostle of Ireland, was born towards the end of the fourth century, some writers say in Somersetshire, others at Killpatrick, in Scotland; he is said to have been instructed in the Christian faith by S. Martin of Tours, who was connected with him by relationship; after being consecrated at Rome, he went to Ireland, and was the principal agent in establishing the Christian religion |