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267 ST. EMERENTIA 267 B. Elisabeth (20) Picenardi, Feb. 19. 1468. V. Of a noble family of Mantua. Member of the Third Order of Servites, or Servants of the B. V. Mart. She was distinguished for inno- cence, humility, and the gifts of pro- phecy and miracles. The angels sang at her death. A.RM. for that Order. P.B, B. Elisabeth (21) Malatesta, July 22. O.S.F. + 1477. Daughter of Graleazzo Malatesta, lord of Pesaro. Her mother was Battista Montefeltrio. Elisa- beth married Pietro Gentili Yarani, prince of Camertum. She and her mother built the convent of Corpo di Cristo at Pesaro, and appointed B. F£LiOE DE Meda abbess. After her husband's death, Elisabeth became a nun. She died at Urbino. Jacobilli, Saints of Foligno. B. Elisabeth (22), of Amelia and Palermo, Feb. 4. 1465-1498. Lando Amodei, or Homodei, her grandfather, went from his home in Umbria to Palermo, and there became a senator and a baron, and married Catterina la Campo. Elisabeth was the daughter of their son John. The fame of her sanctity and her numerous miracles attracted a great concourse of people, and she is inscribed among the saints of Sicily. Jacobilli, Santi delV Umhria, Other SS. Elisabeth. {See Isabel.) Every Elisabeth is called in Spanish and Portuguese Isabel, and every Isabel is called in German and Latin Elisabeth. Ella, sometimes St. Teath, some- times Bela. St. Elle may be Teata, or Ellyw, or Ela. Ellen, Helen. St. Ellyw, or Elyw, the Sunday before Aug. 1. Patron of Llanelly, Possibly this name is an abbreviation of Elined (see Almhbda), or perhaps she was a granddaughter of Brychan and niece of Almheda. Bees. Perhaps she is the St. Elle in whose name the church of East Wilton in Yorkshtre is dedicated. St. Elpe, Helpis, or Ammia. One of the martyrs of Lyons, beheaded, being a Eoman citizen. {See Blandina.) St. Elpide, Alpais (2), of Cudot. B. Elpidia, April 26. Gth century. Grandmother of St. Theodore of Siceon, in Galatia, whom she encouraged in piety, asceticism, and good works. She wanted to live with him, and devote herself entirely to him ; this he would not allow, but advised her to remain in the convent of St. Christopher, where he sent her girls who were vexed with evil spirits, that she might minister to them, and after their cure might instruct them in religious and monastic life if they were willing to remain with her. He founded a large monastery at Siceon, near an ancient chapel of St. George the Martyr, to whom he had a special devotion. He was made, against his will. Bishop of AnastasiopoliB, the diocese in which ho was bom and built his monastery. Ho was called to Constantinople to give his blessing to the Emperor Maurice and the Senate. He died in 613. Baillet says his Life, by his disciple Eleusius, or George, is a valuable monument of the state of the Eastern Church in the 6th and 7th centuries. The Bollandists give the Life of St. Theodore, April 22, but say the title of Elpidia to be worshipped is not established. AA.SS, Butler. St. Elpis. {See Faith, Hope, and Charity.') St. Elsfleda, or Elsfledt, Elflbda (1). St. Elvara, Elenara (2). SS. Elvira, Casaira, Y., Geva, V.M., Hippolyta, Milia, V., Tenella, y.M., Jan. 25. History unknown. John Borgia and his pious wife, Frances of Aragon, obtained a great number of relics from various places, chiefly from the Emperor Eudolph II. and his mother Mary. In Oct., 1587, they were taken to Lisbon. On Jan. 25, 1 588, after being much kissed and piously venerated, they were translated with great ceremony and many prayers into the church of St. Roch. Among them are relics of these saints, who are com- memorated on the anniversary of the translation. AA.SS. Prseter. St. Elyw, Ellyw. St. Emasia, or Inansl/i, July 17, M. AA.SS. St. Embetta, Einbetta. B. Emeline, Hemblina. St. Emendrenilla, Ameltrude (2). St. Emerentia, or Emmerentiana,