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148 148 ST. CASINA St. Casina, Nov. 7 (Carina, Cassine), M. at Ancyra, 3G2. Wife of St. Mela- sippns, and mother of St. Anthony. They were all imprisoned on account of their religion. Anthony was thirteen when he was bronght from his prison to see his parents hang up and cut to pieces. Casina had her breasts cut off; they both died under the torture. An- thony kissed their wounds, and anointed himself with their blood. He next spat in the face of the Emperor Julian the Prevaricator, whereupon he also was made to undergo cruel tortures. His courage and constancy and other miracles caused the conversion of forty boys, all of whom were put to death with him. There is no contemporary account, but it is known that Julian the Apostate, although he affected toleration, hated the Christians, and allowed them to be persecuted under various pretexts. B,M. Men, BaaiL Lebeau, Bas, Empire, ii. 438. SS. Cassia and Paula, July 20, M. with fourteen others at Damascus. B,M, AASS. St. Cassilda, Casilda. St. Cassine, Casina. St. Casta (1), June 1, M. with St. AUCEGA. St. Casta (2), Feb. 22, M. with St. Antioa and others at Nicomedia. AA.SS. St. Casta .(3), Feb.' 25, M. with others, supposed in Pamphylia. Men- tioned in old martyrologies. AA,SS. St. Castell, Jan. 27. The wife of St. Julian the Hospitaller is so called in the Martyrology of Salisbury. In some editions of the Life of St. Julian, his wife is called Castellana — a certain Chate- laine. (See Basilissa (0).) St. Castellana, Castell. . St. Castonica, April 13, M. AA.SS. B. Castora, June 14 or 15. f 1391. O.S.F. Widow. Daughter of Petruccio Gabrielli, an eminent citizen of Gubbio. Castora married Santuccio Sanfonerio, count of Castello, San Martino, and Bassinaro, and D.C.L. They lived at St. Angelo in Vado. He was unkind to her. She had one son, whom she brought up in the fear of God. During her husband's life she devoted all her spare time to works of charity, and on his death she joined the Third Order of St. Francis. She was buried in the habit of the order, in the Franciscan church of St. Angelo in Vado. Henschenius, AA.SS. Castula. There are several martyrs of this name, of whom little is known ; it is sometimes written Castulus; the sex is uncertain. St. Castula (l^, June 5, M. at Home. St. Castula ( 2), June 2. One of 227 Eoman martyrs commemorated to- gether in St. Jerome's Martyrology. St. Castula (3), or Catula, May 28, M. in Bome with St. Cummin and many others. St. Castula (4), May 31, M. at Gerona, in Spain. St. Castula (5), May 7, M. in Africa. St. Castula (0;, March 25, M. with more than four hundred others at Nice, in Bithynia. St. Castula (7, 8, 9), Jane 1, MM. commemorated with St. Auceoa. St. Castula (lO), Feb. 17, V. M. at Terano, 273. Disciple of St. Valen- tine. St. Castula (ii), Feb. 22, M. with St. Antioa and others at Nicomedia. St. Castula (12), Feb. 2, M. with Cappa and many others. St. Castula (13), Fob. 15. Com- panion of St. Agape (2). St. Castula (14;, Feb. 15. Com- panion of St. Gemella (2). St. Castula (15), June 2, M. at Lyons, not with Blandina. St. Castula (10)» Jft°- 2">, of Capua. AA.SS. St. Castulina, June l. One of 227 Eoman martyrs commemorated together in St. Jerome's Martyrology. AA.SS. Catalina, Catherine. Catalla, Catulla. Catelergue, Catherine. Cateline, Catherine. Caterina, Catherine. Catheau, Catherine. Catherine. The following are some of the many variants of this name : JEcATHARiNA, Grcck ; Catalina, Spanish ; Catelergue, Cateline, Catheau, local French ; Caterina, Cattarina, Italian ; Cawth, Kathleen, Irish ; Karen, Swe- dish ; Katherine, Kate, etc.