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Of) B. MONtCA especially of ber devotion to him. After praying for her ho beseeches God to inspire all who shall read his book, to remember at the altar, Monica and Patricias. St. Augustine, Confessions, Butler. M.F.S. Stories of the Saints. B. Monica (2), July 12, M. lH2(i, at Nangasaki. Her husband, B. John Naison, and her son, B. Lewis, aged seven, also Buffered martyrdom. John and Monica had received Father Torres and other mis- sionariesin their house,and were therefore tortured. The persecutors threatened to have Monica stripped; she unclasped her band, and said, '^I am ready to be stripped, not only of my clothes, but of my skin." Mondo, the judge, resorted to such horrible threats that John, in his terror, was ready to promise any- thing. They then ordered Monica to take hot coals in her band. She began doing so, and he retracted the order. John repented of his cowardice and re- turned to prison, and was burnt alive on the same day that Monica and Lewis were beheaded. The little Lewis, as he passed the house of his grandfather, on his way to execution, threw a flower towards it, which was preserved as a relic. For the same crime cf enter- taining the missionaries, BB. Susanna (18) and Cathekink (21) were beheaded with Monica. Their husbands were burnt with John Naisen. Authorities the same as for Lucy dk Freitas. St. Monice or Monigia, April 16, M. Gu6riD. St. Moninia, Modwenxa. St. Moninna, July 6, Dauerca (2). St. Monnica, Monica. St. Montaine, Montana ( 2 ). St. Montana (i), May 2:i, M. in Africa. AA.SS, St. Montana (2), Oct. 24, V. Abbess of Cave, or of Ferrieres. Daughter of Pepin, duke of Brabant. She took the veil from St. Amand. She gives her name to the village of Ste. Montaine, dep, ludre, dioceso of Bourges. There is no doubt that she is worshipped, but her history is lost and it is supposed that St. Gertrude of Ni voile is wor- shipped under this name. AA.SS Bucelinus. St. Monyma, Modwenka. St. Monynna of Newry, in Ireland, who died c. 518, received the veil from St. Patrick. She is said by some writers to bo a different person from Moninna, who is MODWENNA. St. Mora (l), M. Wife of St. Timothy, commemorated in the Abys- sinian Church. Timothy was cooked in a cauldron till his body melted like water. AA.SS. Compare with Maura (2). St. Mora (2), of Benhor, Nov. 27, M. in Ethiopia. Guerin. Perhaps the same as Mora (1). St. Morwenna or Norwinna, July G, 5th century, was a daughter or grand- daughter of Bryohan. {See Almheda.) St. Nectan was her near kinsman, per- haps her brother. They were among the Welsh saints who crossed over to Cornwall. Noctan settled on Hartland point, whence, in certain conditions of the atmosphere, the coast of Wales can be seen. Morwenna had her cell and her well at Hennacliff (the Haven's crag, afterwards called Morwenstow), near the top of a high cliff looking over the Atlantic, where the sea is almost constantly stormy. When she was dying, Nectan came to see her, and she bade him raise her up that she might look once more on her native shore. She has been confounded with St. Modwenna, and has also been called a contemporary of persons who lived in the tenth cen- tury. Baring Gould, The Vicar of Mor* toenstow. IMighty Crosses. An interesting, but much defaced, polychrome wall- painting was found on the north wall of the chancel of Morwenstow church. It represents a gaunt female clasping to her breast, with her left hand, a scroll or volume; the right arm is raised in blessingover a kneeling monk. Athenetim, Sept. 18, 188i>,p. 'MS. Perhaps same as Mkrwin (1). St. Mostiola, MusTioLA. St. Moteca, Teca. St. Motenna, V. Irish. St. Mouren, daughter of King Hungus and Queen Finohen, was bom at Monoclatu, afterwards Monikie. The queen gave the place where Mouren was born, to God and St. Andrew, and Mouren