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196 106 ST. COLIMA feet of the Sayionr offering the same prayer, and he was inspired to visit her at Besan9on, the headquarters of the reformed order. He was considered the greatest preacher in the world. He had been, like Colette, on the side of Benedict XIII., but had abandoned his canse on discoyering that his persistence was the great obstacle to the healing of the schism. These two saints wrote a letter to the fathers assembled at the Council of Constance, and sent it by the Archbishop of Besan9on. The fathers were delighted, knowing the great merits of both saints, and having heard of their miracles. Very soon Martin V. was elected. Colette immediately gave her allegiance to him. Ho considered she had been instrumental in his election, and always showed a great regard for her ; he confirmed all the privileges and dignities granted her by Benedict. She is credited with contributing to heal the schism. St. Vincent Ferrer, on leaving Be8an9on, presented to Colette the black wooden cross he had carried with him ^m Saragossa. It is preserved in the Franciscan convent at Besan^on as a precious relic. It is rudely cut in deal, and is between four and five feet high, and two fingers thick. Colette died at the convent of Bethle- hem, at Ghent, and was canonized by Pius Vn., in 1807. Her life was full of miraculous features; some of her ecstasies are recorded in the process of her canonization. One which happened in the convent of Be8an9on lasted fifteen days, during which she was totally deprived of her bodily senses, 60 that the nuns thought she was in that state in which our bodies will be after the resurrection. Great numbers of people desired to see her, and as the peace of the cloister was endangered by the threatened influx of secular persons. Father Henri commanded her, in the name of holy obedience, to return to her natural condition. Colette converted many obstinate sinners, performed many cures, and raised four dead persons to lif&. Bagatta, Admiranda, says that she had a ring given her by our Lord, in testi- mony that she belonged to Him. She thought it would be well to have it overlaid with gold or silver, but no goldsmith could be found who was able to do it. She built or reformed more than three hundred convents for men and women of the Order of St. Francis. At one time the Franciscans reformed by her were called Colettines. Leo X., in 1 5 1 7, united all the reformed Franciscans under the name of Observantines. The nuns reformed by her were called Poor Clares, to distinguish them from the IJrbanists or Mitigated Clares. Although she was much opposed for a time — notably by those who hated to be re- formed — her holiness became so well recognised that many monks and nuns left other orders and entered that of St. Francis, hoping to attain to greater sanctity through the strict observance revived by Colette. All the Lives of this saint are founded on that by Peter de Yaux of Bheims, her last confessor. It was translated into Latin, and is so given by Hens- chenius with copies of letters and docu- ments, authorizing her. to carry out her reform. AA.SS, B.M, Vie de Satnte Colette^ by Edouard Jumel of Corbie, cur6 of Bourdon, member of the Society of Antiquaries of Picardy. Baillet, Butler, Helyot, etc. Her picture or statue is to be seen in most of the Franciscan churches as one of the great ornaments of the Seraphic Order. St. Colima, or Colina, Columba. St. Coliondola, or Colionus and DoLA. AA.SS, Colma, or Columba (8), Jan. 22, V. of Leitir. Of the family of the Dal in Buain, and of co. Antrim in Ireland. She and her sisters, Bogha and Lassara, were educated by St. Comgall of Bangor. O'Hanlon, Irish Saints. Smith and Wace. St. Colomba, Columba. St. Colomiere, Columbaria. St Columba (l), Dec. 31, Jan. 7, July 22, 28, Dec. 17 (Colomba, Colona, Colombe, Comb a), V. M. 3rd century. Patron of Sens, and of La Eioja, where her body is preserved. Eepresented (1) with a bear at her feet eating a man; (2) in chains; (3)