The Lives of the Saints, Volume 03 (of 16): MarchBaring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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The Lives of the Saints, Volume 03 (of 16): March
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
Christian saints
"But, friend, we have none with us." "That is your affair, not mine,"
answered the fellow rudely. "Then we must do what we can," said
Ansewin, drawing off his cape, and holding out the hood. "Come, host!
pour the wine in here." The man stared, and then burst into a roar of
laughter. But Ansewin persisted. "Then, fool, I will do so, and waste
the liquor, but mind, you pay for it," said he. "Pour boldly," said the
bishop-elect, holding the hood distended; and the inn-keeper obeyed.
Then two marvels occurred, the hood retained the liquor, and served as
a drinking horn to all the company, and the water which had diluted the
wine separated from it, and flowed away over the edge.
He ruled his diocese with great prudence, and in time of famine,
by his wise regulations and abundant alms, greatly relieved the
sufferings of the poor. He was absent from his dear city where he had
been born, and which he had ministered to with so much love, when he
was stricken with mortal sickness. He was greatly distressed at the
prospect of dying out of his diocese, and ordered a horse to be brought
that he might ride home. His companions, seeing death in his face,
remonstrated; but he persisted in his command, and when his horse was
brought to the door, he descended, supported by his friends to it. Then
the horse knelt down, and suffered the dying man to mount him without
effort. As soon as he was in Camerino, he ordered all his flock to
assemble to receive his final blessing, and then gently expired.
Relics at Camerino, in the cathedral, and a portion of the shoulder in
the Vatican.
In art he is represented with his hood full of wine.
SS. RUDERICK, P. M., AND SALOMON, M.
(A.D. 857.)
[Roman Martyrology. Authority:--S. Eulogius, (March 11th), himself a
martyr in the same persecution, 859, wrote the Acts of all those who
suffered at that time, either from his own knowledge, or from the
testimony of eye witnesses.]
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