The Lives of the Saints, Volume 02 (of 16): FebruaryBaring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
Religion
The Lives of the Saints, Volume 02 (of 16): February
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
Christian saints
One of the Roman catacombs on the Appian way, bears the name of S.
Soteris. This catacomb was restored by Pope Stephen III., when the
roof had fallen in. It has been erroneously supposed, by some, that
this catacomb was called after Pope S. Soter; but Anastasius the
Librarian, in recording the restoration of the cemetery, calls it
"Cemeterium Sanctæ Soteris." Stephen III. (II.) reigned from 752 to
757. The body was removed from this catacomb by Pope Symmachus,
(498-514,) to the church of S. Sylvester, in the city of Rome. A
portion of the relics were given to the church of Sezanne, in the
modern department of Marne, in France. One of her bones is preserved
in the Jesuit Church at Luxembourg. A body of S. Soteris is preserved
in the Cistercian Church at Madrid; but as the history of the Acts of
this S. Soteris cannot be adapted to the saint of Rome, it is probable
that she is some local Spanish saint, of whom nothing authentic is
known.
S. ZENO, H.
(ABOUT A.D. 419.)
[Theodoret in his Philotheus, c. 12, gives an account of this
venerable monk, whom he had visited, and knew personally.]
This venerable hermit lived in an old tomb cut out of the rocks in the
neighbourhood of Antioch, in Syria. He observed the monastic rule for
forty years, living on bread and water, and on Sunday visiting a
church, that he might partake of the divine mysteries, and listen to
sermons. Theodoret makes a quaint little remark about him: "That he
used to borrow one book at a time from his friends, read it through,
and return it when read, and then borrow another."
S. SCHOLASTICA, V.
(A.D. 543.)
[Famous wherever the name of S. Benedict, her brother, is known.
Authorities for her life, the same as those for his. The following
sketch of her life is extracted from Montalembert's Monks of the
West.]
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