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202 202 ST. CONCORDIA through thorns and over rough ground until he died. Nineteen more of the household of Hippolytus were beheaded at the same time. After martyrdom, Concordia was thrown into the docLca maanma, SS. Irenasus and Abundlus took her body out of the sewer to bury it, and were therefore thrown in alive. E.M. AA,S8. Callot, Images. Husen- beth. Emblems. St. Concordia (3), May 6, M. in Africa. AA.SS, St. Concordia (4), June 2. One of 227 Eoman martyrs commemorated to- gether in Jerome's Martijrology. AA.SS. St. Condebec, Codkda. St. Confessa, May 10, V. Patron of the diocese of Tarbes. F.M. St. Cong^ella, or Congilla, Nov. 1), V. "f c. 671, in England. Ferrarius. St. Conilla, Jonilla. St. Coningenia, or Cuacha (2), April 29. Irish. AA.SS., Prseter., from the Mart, of Tamlaghi. St. Conna, March 3, V. An Ipsh saint mentioned by Marian Gorman. Probably same as Cuakna, April 10. AA.SS., Prseter. St. Consolata, Dec. 5, G, V. Nun. Of noble parents; probably Genoese. Bom in Palestine during tho time that it was occupied by the Christians. At her birth a halo of light appeared round her head. She would not take milk, but the bees came daily and fed her with honey. When she was seven years old she wore a cilicium. She took the veil in a convent built by her father. At her death the angels sang, and crowds of sick and infirm people were cured by touching her clothes. She was trans- lated to G«noa, where a church was called by her name, and many miracles were wrought through her intercession. Bucelinus, Men. Ben. This is probably the same as St. Con- HOLATA, Sept. G, Dec. 5, worshipped in the cathedral of Reggio. AA.SS. St. Consorta, Consortia. St. Consortia, or Consouta, March 13, June 22, V. 5th century. Daughter of SS. Eucherius and Galla, who for a long time had no child to inherit their great possessions. They prayed for heirs, and were at last blessed with a daughter, whom they named Consortia. They had a second daughter, St. Tullia, and two sons, Salonius and Yeranius, who became bishops and saints. After some years Eucherius told his wife that, with her consent, he would shave his head, and be built up in a grotto on his property, at a place called Mont Maur, overhanging the Durance. Galla begged him to allow her also to assume a reli- gious habit, and to wait upon him as a servant. She hastened the preparations for his reclusion. They invited their friends and relations to a farewell ban- quet, and Eucherius declared his project. They all tried to dissuade him, but he said he had put his /hand to the plough and could not look back. Eucherius and Galla divided their goods into three parts ; one they gave to the poor, one to their servants, and one to their children. Then Eucherius went into his cave and had the entrance built up; a little window was left open, and through it Galla gave him his daily food. Not many days after the conversion of her parents, their younger daughter, Tullia, died. Galla would not be comforted until Tullia appeared to her, clad in white with a shining golden mantle, and said, " Why dost thou mourn for me as if I were lost? The I^ord has admitted me into the company of the holy virgins, and thou shalt follow me soon. My father will be raised to the pontifical seat, and will be great in the sight of God. My sister Consortia will suffer much for the sake of her religious voca- tion, and will follow us to heaven at last." Soon afterwards a young man, named Aurelius, came to ask of Euche- rius the hand of his daughter Consortia. He said she should decide for herself. She said it was not in her power to accept or refuse this offer, as Christ was her husband. The young man did uot answer at the time, but sent certain noble matrons to try and persuade her to accede to his wishes. She begged them to wait for seven days. She passed the time in fasting and vigils, and when Aurelius and his friends came to receive her final answer, she said, " I told you before that the decision does not rest with me. But, if you choose, let us go