TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Footnotes have been renumbered and moved to the back of the main text. Punctuation has been normalized. Variations in hyphenation have been retained as they were in the original publication. The following changes have been made: and made peparations —> preparations {page 123} he could insult, browbreat, —> browbeat {page 247} to to the Bishop of Verdun —> to the Bishop of Verdun {page 285} two religous to commence the work —> religious {page 336} a choir for the frairs —> friars {page 337} distin-tinguishing habit —> distinguishing {page 356} the commitee were unable —> committee {page 360} againt the inky darkness —> against {page 377} Italicized phrases are presented by surrounding the text with _underscores_. Bold phrases are presented by surrounding the text with =equal signs=. End of Project Gutenberg's Virgin Saints and Martyrs, by S. Baring-Gould