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ST. JUSTA 445 Their Ads, carefully compiled from authentic records, in the reign of Justi- nian, are followed by Surius, etc., and are quite different from the extravagant story condemned by St. Gelasius, the Pope, and supposed to be forged by Manichaeans in support of their heresy. These spurious Acta contain long argu- ments between St. Julitta and her judge, and are enriched with numerous miracles and conversions. They place the martyr- dom in the reign of Diocletian ; but in fact it took place after his abdication. B.M. AAJ3,S. BaUlet. Cahier. Neale, Victories of the Saints^ Legenda Aurea, Chatelain. SS. Julitta (3) and Cjrriacus, June 16, MM. at Antioch with 404 others. Papebroch, AA.SS.i says they must not be confounded with the better known saints of the same name. St. Julitta (4), June 14, honoured by the Greeks. Unknown whether martyr at Ca^sarea or died in peace. AA.SS, St. Julitta Co), May 18, V. M. with St. Thecusa. B.M. St. Junella, Jonilla. St. Junia, May 17. Ist century. Wife of St. Androniens. They are both mentioned by St. Paul in Bom. xvi. 7. In the Menoloffy of the Emperor Basil Junia is said to have been a worthy help to St. Andronicus, with whom she travelled into many countries converting the heathen, casting out devils, and curing incurable diseases. She was a Christian before the conversion of St. Paul, consequently she is honoured in the Eastern Church as the << Equal of tbe Apostles," Isapoatolos. AA.SS, St. Junilla (l), Jonilla. SS. Junilla (2, 3), Jan. 17, Feb. 16, MM. in Africa. AA.SS. St. Junula, March 3, M. in Africa, with Gaiola and many others. AA.SS, St. Justa (1), May 14, V. M. 2nd century. A town in Sardinia is called after her and placed under her protection. She is honoured with her fellow-martyrs, the holy W. Justina (2) and Henedina. Some accounts say that Justa was a young woman of rank, persecuted by her mother Cleodonia, and that Justina and Henedina were her servants. They are otherwise said to be three sisters, brought up at Cagliari by pious Christian parents, and put to death in the great persecution under Diocletian. B.M. AAJSS. SS. Justa (2) and Rufina, July 10. Patrons of Seville. End of 3rd or 4th century. Bepresented with earthen pots or jugs on the ground beside them. Daughter and niece of a potter at Seville, they sold earthenware in the market. Poor themselves, they gave away all they could. The priestesses of the heathen goddess Salambo (Venus) passed by, carrying her image and asking of every person some gift for the goddess. Justa and Bufina refused to give or sell vessels for the purpose of sacrificing to idols. The worshippers of Venus broke all the crockery the saints had, and they avenged themselves by breaking the image of Venus and throwing the pieces into the road. Accused of sacrilege and put to the torture, Justa died on the rack and Bufina was strangled. The story is given with a little difference in several histories. One says that after many tortures, the judge ordered that wherever he went they should follow barefooted ; that Justa died In prison after the tor- tures, and Bufina had her skull broken. Local tradition says the tower of tho Giralda was once shaken crooked by an earthquake and these saints set it straight again. BM, AA,SS, Mrs. Jameson. Cahier. Flos Sanctorum. Lcf/gemlario, St. Justa (3) of Sipontum (now Man- fredonia), Aug. 1, V. M. probably in the time of Diocletian. Called also of Aquila and of Bazzano, from the place of her martjrrdom and that of her first burial. SS. Florentius, Justinus, and Felix were three Christian brothers, living at Sipontum on the western shore of the Adriatic. Florentius dedicated his daughter Justa by a vow to God before her birth, and had her baptized in her infancy, by his brother St. Justinus, who was a priest As she grew up, her piety was so well known that a man came to her to cure his child of blind- ness ; which she did. Justinus persistently repeated to his brothers the words of Christ, " Go ye into all the world, and preach the ^^v^