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468 ST. LUCINA St. Beatrice camo to Lucina after the martyrdom of her brothers, SS. Simplicius and Faustinas, and stayed with her seven months. Daring all that time two crows came every day, each bringing a nat. After the martyrdom of Beatrice, Lacina, terrified at the severity of the persecation, prepared to flee from Home ; bat Beatrice appeared to her and told her to stay where she was, for in that month peace shoald be given to the Charch ; and so it came to pass. Among those whom Lacina entertained and befriended wereSS. Cyriacas, Memmia, and Juliana (4). Lacina died in peace at the age of ninety-five. AA.SS,, " Anthimias et Socii." Tille- mont. St. Lucina (4), daughter of Mab- MENIA. B. Lucina (5) or Luchina of Soncino, Aug. 23, + 1480. Margaret Stropeni was bom at Soncino, a little town of Lombardy, between Brescia and Cremona. As a child she seemed disposed to religion and virtue, but as she grew up she be- came very vain of her beauty and very fond of dress and admiration and amuse- ment. She was of low birth but so beautiful that she had many suitors. She married a young man of one of the principal fJEtmilies of the place, and took his name, Lucina or Luchina, in token of her affection for him. They led a very worldly life, devoted to show and amuse- ment. She had a son and a daughter, who died in infancy. In 1470, during the pontificate of Pius II., the republic of Soncino sent away the monks who were living amongst them and brought into their place some reformed Domini- cans from Venice. Among these, B. Mateo Carero of Mantua effected many reforms and conversions at Soncino. One of his converts was Lucina, who after much opposition succeeded in per- suading her husband to give up the worldly and frivolous life they had hitherto led. She made a genend con- fession, and with his consent she took the habit of the Third Order of St. Dominic. He disliked it extremely, and the monks advised her to obey him and live in peace ; so she left off the religious habit and wore instead a very scanty black gown and shoes, but no stockings. She did the servile work of the house ; her husband was angry, and she gave it up. She then received pilgrims and nuns, and her husband was bored with them, but at last was reconciled to her new interests and habits. Soon she began to work miraculous cures, and procured by her prayers that Boniface, marqais of Montferrat, should have a family. She died at the age of fifty-five. After her death she performed more miracles. Her story is given by Lopez, Pio, and Bazzi in their histories of the Domini- cans. St. Luciola, March 3, M. in Africa with Gaiola and many others. AA.S8. SS. Luciosa (1, 2, 3, 4), MM. at different times and places. AA.SS. St. Lucosa, March 5, M. at Antioch, with 33 others. AA,SS, St. Lucretia (l), Nov. 23, V. M. at Merida in Spain, under Diodetian. Patron of Merida. E,M, St. Lucretia (2) or Leocritia of Cordova, March 15, V. M. 859. She was the daughter of Saracens, learnt Christianity from a relative named Litiosa, and was baptized secretly. When her parents discovered that she was a Christian they beat and ill-used her. She fled to the protection of St Eulogius, bishop of Toledo, who at first concealed her in his house. She led a life of great austerity and piety hidden now in one place, now in another, until at last she was found by her parents in the church of St. Zoilus, with St. Eolo- gius. When Eulogius was beheaded, tiiey tried to persuade Lucretia to return to her allegiance to her parents and prophet, but on her persistence in her faith, she also was beheaded and thrown into the river to be eaten by fishes ; as, however, her body appeared for a con- siderable time standing in the water, the Christians took it and buried it in the church of St. Genet, martyr. B,M. AA,SS,, "St Eulogius," by Alvar, an eye-witness. Martin. St. Lucusa (1) or LuESA, May 10, M. at Tarsus in Cilicia. AA.SS, St. Lucusa (2), LoousTA. St. Lucusta or LuGusTA, May 19, M. in Africa. AAJ3S,