S. Pega was the sister of S. Guthlac of Croyland, and though of the royal blood of the Mercian kings, forsook the world and led a retired life in the country, where now stands Peakirk, in Northamptonshire. "There Pega, S. Guthlac's sister, was for a long time a servant of the Lord. After her brother's death, she used all her endeavours to wear out her life for the love of Christ, by still severer austerities. She, therefore, undertook a pilgrimage to Rome, to pray at the threshold of the holy Apostles, for herself and her kinsfolk, and she there triumphantly departed, on the sixth of the ides (8th) of January." S. Pega, called in Northamptonshire S. Pee, is not to be confounded with S. Bega, or S. Bees, who is commemorated on September 8th. S. WULSIN, B. OF SHERBOURN. (A.D. 983.) [Benedictine Martyrology. In English Martyrologies S. Wulsin was commemorated on Sept. 27th. Mentioned by Matthew of Westminster. His life is given by Capgrave.] Matthew of Westminster says (De gestis Pontif. Anglorum, lib. 2):--"Dunstan, the archbishop, when he was Bishop of London, made him (Wulsin), abbot of Westminster, a place where formerly Mellitus had raised a church to S. Peter, and here he formed a monastery of twelve monks. Having discharged his office prudently and with sanctity, he was made Bishop of Sherbourn. Then he at once instituted monks in the episcopal seat, and dismissed the secular clerks, lest he should seem to sleep when so many bishops of the time were patrons of diligence. His sanctity, if manifest in life, was more so in death. For when he was nigh the gates of death, the eyes of his understanding being opened, he exclaimed singing, 'I see the heavens opened, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God!' Which song he uttered without faltering, and singing, he died." S. LAURENCE JUSTINIANI, PATR. OF VENICE. (A.D. 1455.) S. Laurence Justiniani died on Jan. 8th. He was beatified by Clement VII., in the year 1524, and was canonized in 1698 by Alexander VIII. The 5th Sept., the day of his consecration as bishop, is generally observed in his honour, instead of Jan. 8th, and to that day we refer our readers for his life. [Illustration: Decoration] FOOTNOTES: [34] "The Hermits," by the Rev. C. Kingsley. Macmillan, 1869, pp. 224, 239. [35] La Civilisation Chretienne chez les Francs. Paris, 1861, p. 41. [36] So related in one of the lives. The other exaggerates the incident, and says that in the night a poplar tree sprang up. January 9. S. MARCIANA, _V. M., in Africa_, _circ._ A.D. 300. SS. JULIAN, BASILISSA, CELSUS, AND COMPANIONS, MM, _in Egypt, circ._ A.D. 310. S. PETER, _B. of Sebaste, circ._ A.D. 387. S. MARCELLINUS, _B. of Ancona, circ._ A.D. 566. S. FILLAN, _Ab., in Scotland, 8th cent._ S. ADRIAN, _Ab., at Canterbury_, A.D. 709. S. BRITHWALD, _Abp. of Canterbury_, A.D. 731. S. MARCIANA, V. M. (ABOUT 300.)