Nazianzus, and of St. Cesarias. She married a man of some importance in Pisidia. He seems to have been a heathen, and is sometimes called Yitolian, sometimes Meletius. She had several sons and three daughters, the eldest of whom, Alypiana, remained unmarried, and consecrated herself to God in a religions life; the two others intended to do the same, but changed their minds, so that their uncle St. Gregory withdrew his affection from them to bestow it all on Alypiana. They appear, however, to have done very fair credit to the careful training of their holy mother. Gorgonia was a pattern of a married saint. Once her mules ran away and upset her chariot, and she sustained some severe injuries, but she would have no doctor, as she thought it indecent. Her modesty was rewarded by perfect cure. Another time she cured herself of a desperate illness by anointing herself with the sacred elements of the Eucharist mixed with her own tears, which were shed with her head on the altar, amid groans and cries. Baillet says this must have been in the later years of her life, because she could not have obtained the consecrated elements until after her baptism. She converted her husband, and was baptized with him and her sons and grandsons. Her father and mother were alive but extremely old at the time of her death. St. Gregory calls her "The Paragon of Women," and "The Diamond of her Sex." R.M. Baillet, from the writings of her brother, St. Gregory Nazianzen.
St. Gormanda. The church of Roche, in Cornwall, bears this saint's name. Parker.
St. Gosia, June 1, M. with St. Aucega.
St. Gotha, perhaps Guda (1).
St. Gotheberta, ((sc|Gothoberta, Godeberta}}.
St. Gothia, or Cotia, Oct. 1, M. at Tomi, in Lower Mœsia. AA.SS.
St. Goule, Gudula.
St. Govein, Cofen.
St. Goveinwen, Cofen.
St. Grace (1), Engratia.
St. Grace (2), Sept 27. Date uncertain. Patron, with St. Probus, of a church in Cornwall. The tradition is that St. Probus built a plain church, but as he had not money to add a tower, he applied to a rich lady, named Grace, to help him. She built, at her own expense, the most beautiful tower that had ever been seen in the "West countrie;" she spared neither trouble nor expense to have the very best workmen and materials that could be procured. The fair in the parish is on Sept. 17. Hunt, Popular Romances of the West of England.
St. Græciniana, June 16, V. M. (See St. Actinea.)
St. Grasse, or Engbatia. Patron of an abbey in the diocese of Oleron. Chastelain, Voc. Hag.
St. Grata (l), or Agrata. One of the martyrs of Lyons, beheaded (being a Roman citizen) instead of being killed by the beasts in the amphitheatre. (See St. Blandina.)
St. Grata (2), Sept. 4. Daughter of St. Lupo and St.. Adelaine (l), duke and duchess of Bergamo. Her husband was a great king in Germany. When he died Grata took St. Hesteria for a companion. Grata converted her father and mother to Christianity, and persuaded Lupo to build the Cathedral of Bergamo. St. Alexander, a soldier of the Theban legion, was beheaded outside the gate, and she buried him honourably. After the death of her parents, she governed the republic of Bergamo with the greatest wisdom. She built three churches and a hospital for the poor and sick, to whom she ministered with her own hands. The writer of her life and miracles places her in the time of Diocletian, early in the 4th century, but it seems more probable that she lived in the 9th century. AA.SS, R.M. Mrs. Jameson, Sacred and Legendary Art.
St Gratia (l), Aug. 21. Sister of St. Mary of Alizra. They are patrons of Algeziras. AA.SS.
B. Gratia (2) Valentina, V. † 1606. Nun of the Third Order of St. Francis of Paula. She lived to the age of a hundred and twelve. Guénebault.
St. Gregoria (1). Companion of St. Ursula. Brit. Sancta.
