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34 ST. MARY the feast was over; everytliing was eaten except a small portion which they had reserved for him. He said, ** It is enough for me and for the poor of Christ." The dish was brought and was found to be full of the best of food. They had one little boy who fell into a very deep well and was drowned. They prayed for his restoration, and the water rose miraculously to the level of the ground, floating up the body of the child, fldive and well. In their gratitude, they made a vow of perpetual chastity, after which they lived in separate houses. Mary went to a hermitage at Caraquiz, and she used to go very early in the morning to a chapel on the other side of the Xamara, where she had under- taken to keep the light burning. Gos- siping neighbours began to wonder why she was out before daybreak. They tried to set her husband against her, as they had formerly tried to set his master against him. He had not the smallest doubt of her virtue, but by perpetual teazing they persuaded him to watch with them one night It happened that there was a flood in the river, which swelled in a few hours to a raging, im- passable torrent. They saw Mary come to the bank, quietly take off her mantilla, spread it out, and making the sign of the cross, step on to it. They saw it carry her safely across the stream, and they saw her step off her improvised boat and proceed on her way to the chapel. They were much humiliated to see how far superior to themselves was the woman they had suspected and maligned. Some say her family name was Cabeza ; but it is gene- rally supposed she goes by this name because her head is carried in proces- sion in case of fevers and other misfor- tunes, and sometimes placed on the head of the patient with good effect. In 1211 Isidore appeared in a dream to a lady and ordered her to have his body raised from the earth : this implied canonization. He appeared to Alfonso of Castile and showed him a path by which to fall upon the Moors at Las Navas de Losa, where, in consequence of Isidore's guidance, he gained a great victory. Philip III. having been cured of a mortal disease by the body of St. Isidore being brought into his room, de- manded his formal canonization, which was completed by Gregory XV. in 1 622, with that of SS. Ignatius, Francis Xavier, Teresa and Philip Neri: they were called "The Five Saints." Isidore was wor- shipped as one of the tutelary saints of Spain and as patron of Madrid long before his canonization by the Pope. Mary was called ** Blessed" in Rome; " Saint " in Spain ; and her worship was approved by Innocent XII. in 1697. Martin. Cahier. Baillet. Ott. Moroni, Die. Eceles, St. Mary (42) of Alzira, in Valencia, Aug. 21, 22, V. M. c. 1180. Patron of Algeziras. Mary and her sister Gratia ( 1 ) were daughters of Almanzor, a Saracen chief They were converted to Christi- anity by their brother St. Bernard, and made a vow of virginity at his instiga- tion. Before their baptism their names were Zoraida and Zaida, and Bernard's name was Amethe. All three were put to death by their relations, in a wood near Populetum, because they would not return to the faith of Mohammed. Some say Almanzor was king; others, that he was a subject of Zaen, king of Pin- tarrafes and Carlete, in Valencia. Ber- nard was a Cistercian monk, therefore they are all commemorated in the Bene- dictine calendar. AA,SS, St. Mary (43) of Oignies, Jan. 23, 24, 1177-1213. She was the daughter of wealthy parents at Nivelle in Brabaut. She was married, at fourteen, to a very pious man. They led an ascetic and chari- table life, devoting themselves especially to the service of lepers in a quarter of Nivelle called Villembroke. Mary was very strong by nature, and could undergo loDg fasts and great privations without any injury to her health. One whole winter she slept every night in the church and never suffered from the cold, although the wine in tbe chalice froze. She once spent thirty-five days without tasting food and without speaking a word. As her holiness was much talked about, she left Villembroke about 1206 and joined the Beguines at Oignies. About 1209, Jacques de Vitry, who afterwards became her confessor and biographer and eventually a bishop and