Page:A Dictionary of Saintly Women Volume 2.djvu/136

124 ST. ORIELDA from tHe earth without hnman aid, abont the year 924. We have the higher authority of Rninart (Belgian Jftfanu- scripts) for their martyrdom. They were translated into a great monastery in Eheims, and there reverently preserved. St. Orielda, April 10, wife of St. Angelinas and mother of SS. Panlinns and Gentilis, all of them early martyrs. Commemorated at the chnrch of St. Afba at Brescia. AA SS. B. Oringa, or Christiana (6), Jan. 10, V. +1310. Bom at Castello di Santa Croce in the valley of the Amo. As a little girl she took care of her father's cattle and used to command them not to touch the corn while she said her prayers. They always obeyed her. She never could endure to hear any profane or improper language. When marriage was discussed for her, it made her sick. Her brothers found they could not induce her by words to marry, so they resorted to blows. She went into the river many times to escape from them, and always came out quite dry. At last she fled to Lucca. She did not know the way, and towards evening she was tired and frightened ; but just then she found herself in a lovely meadow full of sweet flowers. She sat down to rest, and a hare came and played with her. She caressed it, and it lay on her lap all night and in the morning it ran before her and led her by the right road to Lucca. There she engaged herself to serve an honest and pious nobleman. She asked no other wages than a little food and the poorest clothing, but it was to be clean. She remained in his service some years. She always went barefooted. She made a pilgrimage with some of her acquaintances to Monte Grargano. By the way, some wicked young men tried to mislead and rob them ; but St. Michael, to whom Oringa had a special devotion, appeared to them in the form of a deacon and warned them not to listen to their enemies. Oringa then went to Eome and visited the most sacred places. A Fran- ciscan monk, who discovered her holiness and poverty and her wish to remain there, arranged that she should live with a good woman named Margaret, who was looking out for a companion. At tLis time Oringa. was called Christiana, and soon her own name was forgotten. She wont with Margaret to Assisi to see the tomb of St. Francis. She next visited St. YiumiANA at Castel Fiorentino ; and then returned to her native place. Soon afterwards Margaret went back to Home, but Oringa found that whenever she at- tempted to leave the village she lost the use of her limbs, but as long as she re- mained there she could walk -perfectly well. She therefore perceived that it was the will of God that she should stay where she was, and persuaded the people to build her a convent. She gave it the rule of St. Augustine. Although she was the director, she would accept of no precedence or distinction. The com- munity was very poor, and Oringa miraculously increased the food and wine when they were in danger of star- vation. Several miracles and prophecies are recorded of her. She heard a child crying in his cradle, and she said, He is lamenting the wicked life that he wiU lead, for as soon as he is grown up he will add sin to sin until he is hung on a gibbet. And so it happened. At seventy she was struck with paralysis, lay help- less for three years, and then died in peace, Jan. 4, 1310, with many signs of sanctity. Her body was surrounded by rays of heavenly light. For eighteen days it was visited as that of a saint. A,B.M., O.S,A. AA.SS. Grimoald de Saint Laurent, Animaux modules. Razzi, Santi Toscani. Torelli, Ristretto. SS. Orique and Basilique, Obicula and Basilissa. St. Oritula, Credula (3). St. Orophrygia, Oct. 22, V. M. with St. Ursula. Her body kept in the con- vent of St. Dominic at Calahorra. Stad- ler. Probably Orophyria is a variant. St. Orora, or Crora, Oct. 20. Sup- posed 7th century or earlier. Honoured with St. Bradan in the Isle of Man. AA,SS. St. Orosia, June 25 (Eurole, Eurosia), 8th or 9th century. Some- times described as a Martyr in Aquitaine. Probably the same saint who is wor- shipped in Bohemia under the name of Eprasia. Eopresented with a hatchet or sword, and a crown. Invoked against