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340 ST. GERASINE and sat on the throne, and with Him came His mother and St. John the Evangelist. This and many other visions are detailed, with her miracles, etc., in her Life given by Papebroch, in AA.SS., from an old incomplete MS. in the convent of San Silvestro, at Pisa. Her immemorial worship was confirmed by Pius IX. in 1857. Civilta CattoUcay viii. 287, Oct. 17, 1857. St Gerasine, Feb. 12. Queen of Sicily, honoured at Treves. Sister of St. Dabia, mother of St. Ursula. Gerasine made of her husband that was a cruel tyrant, a meek lamb/' She went with her niece on her pilgrimage, accompanied by her fon.' daughters, Babylla, Julia, Victoria, and Aurea (G), and her little son Adrian. They were all murdered by the Huns. Golden Legend, Leggendario, St. Gerberg (l), or Gerburg, July 24. + 883 or 884. Second abbess of Gkuidersheim, in Saxony. She succeeded her sister, St. Hadumada. Leibnitz, Scriptores. Bucelinus. Gu6rin. St. Gerberg (2), or Gbrberta, Deo. 1 9. Mother of St. Adelaide, of Willich. Latter part of the 10th century, and perhaps the beginning of the 11th. Daughter of Godfrey, duke of Gueldres. Wife of St. Megengoz (Dec. 19), count of Gueldres. They had a son, Godfrey, who was killed fighting in the em- peror's wars in Bohemia. His body was brought home. To lay his ghost and get him to heaven, his pious parents gave all his inheritance to religious uses, and made God their heir. They built a church and double monastery at Willich, near Bonn. St. Adelaide was the first abbess; her mother became a nun uuder her, and was buried at Willich. Le Mire, Fasti. St. Gerberta, Gerberg (2). St. Geria, Cyria, of Aquileia. St. Germaine, Gbrmana. St. Germana (l), April 27, M. at Nicomedia, in Bithynia. St. Germana (2), Jan. 19, M. in Africa with moro than six hundred others. AA.SS. St. Germana (i|), Guimonia. St. Germana (4). (See Sila. ) St. Germana (ry), Oct. l, V. M. Probably 5th century. Patron of Bar- sur-Aube, where she was living piously at the time when that part of France was overrun by Vandals. One day she went to draw water at the river as usual. It happened that a number of the bar- barian soldiers were there. They seized her, insulted and beat her, and threw her from one to another as if she were a ball for them to play with. At last their leader offered to rescue her from their hands, place her over all the women of his household, and give her plenty of money and fine clothes, with infSamouB conditions, which she declined. They then cut off her head. She took it up in her hands, carried it to the churcb, and sat down to rest, holding it in her lap. She was buried in the church of St. Stephen, and there she worked miracles. Castellanus says she was '^Mactata a Wandalis." The legend says the soldieis would have eaten her alive if the Lord had not been dwelling in her. AA.SS, St. Germana (6), June 15, Dec. 11, V. 1579-1601. Patron of Toulouse and Pibrac, and of shepherds. Bepresented pursued by her step- mother with uplifted stic^ to prevent her *' wasting " by giving her food to the poor ; Germana, turning, shows her apron full of flowers. Germana, or Germaine Cousin, was born of poor parents, at Pibrac, near Tou- louse. She was deformed and scrofulous, and was turned out of her home by her stepmother on account of her disease and deformity, and sent to keep sheep on the mountains. She was always con- tented and happy, praying continually, and going daily to church. She often brought her sheep, which remained obe- diently at the door while she stayed for confession and communion. She taught children, and shared her food with the poor, enduring many hardships without a murmur. She performed many miracles, and became famous for her sanctity, and especially for the virtue of humility. She died young. Forty-three years after her death her body was dug up and found fresh and flexible. Her beatification took place in 1 854 ; her canonization in 1 865. B.M, Ott, Die Legende. Cahier. St. Germania, Gkrmana.