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207 ST. CREED 207 St. John Baptist of Jerasalem at Cologne, and pointed out to him the place where her body lay in an orchard. AA.SS. Leggendario, St Corintha, Quinta. St. Corinthe, Feb. 8, V. M. at Alex- andria, c. 2o2. Befusing to worship idols, she was tied by the feet, dragged through the city, and torn to pieces. B.M. Canisius, Catechism. SS. Cornelia ( i ) and Cornelia, April 20, MM. in Africa. They may be two Cornelias. St. Cornelia (2), March 31, M. in Africa. Her relics were brought to Brittany. B.M. St. Cornelia (3), April 14, M. AA.SS. St Corona (i), May U, M. c 177, with St. Victor, in Syria, or at Lycos, in the Thebaid. Patron— with St. Victor— of Feltri. A soldier's wife. She was sixteen, and had been married a year and four months, when she saw St. Victor, a Eoman soldier, bravely under- going many torments for the love of Christ. She addressed to him words of encouragement and blessing, and was therefore arrested by Sebastian, the general, and commanded to sacrifice to the gods. She saw two crowns fiEilling from heaven, one for Victor and one for herself. She replied, *'My name is Corona, and would you have me lose my eternal crown ? " Then the general ordered two palm trees to be bent down by the soldiers and Corona to be bound to them with strong cords. She was torn in two by the flying back of the trees. St. Victor was then flayed and beheaded. The Church commemorates them together. B.M. AA.SS. Callot, Images. Husenbeth. She is mentioned in a litany used in England in the 7th century. Mabillon, Vetera Anahcta^ p. 660. Compare St. Stephana (1). B. Corona (2), April 24, V., was a Benedictine nun at Elcho, in Valencia, Spain. She worked miracles before and after her death, and was revered by the people as a saint. Bucelinus, Men. Ben. Henschenius, AA.SS., from Salazar. St Corth, Cymouth. St Cortilia, Jan. 23, V. M. at Rome. AA.SS, Costanza, Constance. St Coteusa, June 1, M. with St. AucEGA. AA.SS. St. Cotia (1), CoTiLiA. St Cotia (2), or GoTHiA, Oct. 1, M. at Tomis, in Lower Moesia. AA.SS. St. Cotidia, April 30, M. at Alex- andria. AA.SS, St Cotiiia, May 15 (Choticlia, Chottia, Cotia (1) ), M. AA.SS. St Cotilla, Jan 23, V. M. Mas Latrie, Tr^sor. St. Covita, Quinta. Ste. Coyfere, or Coh«bia, Aug. 1. Ste. Coy^re is the name of a church in the diocese of Chalons - sur - Marne, founded in memory of the junction of the two chains of St. Peter, recorded in ancient legendaries. Chastelain. St. Coyta, Quinta. St. Craphaiidis, or Baphaildis, Nov. 12, M. perhaps 656 or 6:i3. She and her sister, Berna, kindly received St. Livin, an Irish ecclesiastic, who, in return for their hospitality, restored sight to Ingelbert, son of Craphaiidis, who had been blind thirteen years. Most of the inhabitants of Flanders and Bra- bant were pagans, and St. Livin was very ill-received among them, and finally murdered at the house of Craphaiidis, at Esoha, a village near Ghent. Cra- phaiidis and her little son, Brixius (Brice), were murdered also. He was buried in the same grave with St. Livin, who had shortly before baptised him ; and Cra- phailcUs was buried near them. Livin*s Life, written by Boniface. Lanigan. Butler. St. Crasta, Chbista. St. Credula (l), or Cbedola, May 13, M. with Aphrodisius at Alexandria. AA.SS. St Credula (2), April 17, M. in Africa. AA.SS. Migne. St Credula (3), or Oritula, May 13, M. at Alexandria. St. Creed, or Ckida, is commemorated at the village and church of Creed, Cornwall. It is supposed that Crediton and Sancreed take their names from this saint, who was probably one of the Welsh missionaries who settled in Cornwall. Stanton. Smith and Wace. Parker, Calendar of Anglican Church.