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
"One day, when he was thus employed abroad, and his companions were
gone to the church, the bishop was alone, reading or praying in the
oratory of that place, when, on a sudden, as he afterwards said, he
heard voices singing most sweetly, and rejoicing, and appearing to
descend from heaven. And this sound seemed to come from the south-east,
and it afterwards drew nigh him to the oratory, where the bishop then
was, and entering therein, filled the same and all around. He listened
attentively to what he heard, and after about half an hour noticed the
same strain of joy ascend from the roof of the oratory, and return to
heaven the same way it came, with inexpressible sweetness. When he had
stood some time wondering, the bishop opened the window of the oratory,
and, making a noise with his hand, ordered him to come in to him.
"Then the holy Chad told him that the day of his death was at hand, and
that the angelic spirits had told him that in seven days they would
return and take him with them. And so it was: seven days after, S. Chad
entered into his rest." Nothing more is known of Owen. A stone cross
put up by Owen remains at Ely, and is preserved in that cathedral.
S. BASINUS, B. OF TREVES.
(ABOUT A.D. 672.)
[Treves and Cologne Martyrologies; Molanus and Greven. Authority:--His
Life by Nizo, Abbot of Metloch (Mediolanum) on the Saar, 11th cent.,
which is very untrustworthy.]
Basinus, of the illustrious family of the Dukes of Austrasia, was
received as monk into the monastery of S. Maximin, at Treves. He was
afterwards made abbot, and later, when S. Numerian, bishop of Treves,
was dead, he was constrained to assume the mitre in his room. He held
the see in the reign of Childebert II., king of Austrasia. He was a
friend of S. Willibrord. After his death, his body was laid in the
basilica of S. Maximin, under the high altar. It was taken up in 1621,
and placed in a more conspicuous position.
He was succeeded by his nephew, S. Lutwin.
S. ADRIAN, M. B. OF S. ANDREWS.
(ABOUT A.D. 870.)
[Aberdeen Breviary. Authority:--The Lections from the same.]
S. Adrian, bishop of S. Andrews, in Scotland, was a native of Pannonia.
He laboured to spread the faith among the Picts, together with his
companions, Clodian, Caius, Monan, and Stobrand. As they were in the
island of May, the Danish pirates landed in it, and put Adrian and
Clodian to death.
S. CASIMIR, PRINCE OF POLAND.
(A.D. 1484.)
[Roman Martyrology. Authorities:--Zacharias Ferrier, Papal Legate in
Poland, A.D. 1525.]
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