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278 278 ST. ERNDRUDE Irish St. Eargneath, placed by Eeeyes on Jan. 8. Probably the same as Gol- gan's Ergnata. St. Hrndrude, Erentrude. St. Ernella (l), Kelind. St. Ernella (2), Beyneld. Ernia, Enymie. St. Erotis (1), or Erotheis, Oct. 27, M. Servant of Capitolina. B,M, Men, of Basil. St. Erotis (2), or Eroteis, Oct. <). Burnt, probably before 324. Worshipped in the Greek Church. Possibly same as Erotis (1). BM. AA.SS. St nrundines, Herundines. (See BOMULA.) St. Esitia, Efioia. St. Esp^rance. (See Faith, Hope, and Charity.) St. Esperie, or Speria, Oct. 12, V. M. Diocese of Cahors. P.B. B. Esprite, in Latin, Spirita, Aug. 7. 1 028-1 r)58. O.S.D. Born at Car- ])entras, in Provence. Her parents, LawroDco Jaussaud (spelt several ways) and Helen Diirand, were comfortable, lespectable tradespeople, moderately pious and tolerably worldly. Notwith- standing some opposition, she gave her- self entirely to devotion and charity. Miraculous circumstances illustrated her piety and goodness. She enrolled her- self in the Third Order of St. Dominic, dropping the name of Jaussaud, and calling herself Esprite de J6mis, She died at the ago of thirty, and was thence- forth regarded as a saint in her own town and neighbourhood. She is always spoken of as '* Blessed," but has not been authoritatively pronounced so by the Church. Her life by Dupont, in the BibliotMque Dominicaine^ throws light on the customs of her time and class, and contuins a clear, short account of the Third Order of St. Dominic and its origin. St. Esther (l), in Hebrew, Hadas- sah. May 24, July 1. 3484 a.m. Queen of Persia. Wife of Ahasuerus. The Persians called her Esther, the name of the planet Venus. Mordecai is himoured with her May 24 in the Julian Calendar. AA.SS, Buillet, Yk'^, (See the Books of Esther in the Bible and Apocrypha.) B. Esther (2), July 15. A native of Brittany. As she was a Catholic, she was so ill treated by her Calvinist relations that she prayed for death, and obtained this release from the Giver of life. Angels were heard singing round her death-bed. Saussaye, supplement, p. 1146. St. Estratia and her companions, April 14. Commemorated in a manuscript Arabico-Egyptian martyrology, trans- lated into Latin by Gratia Simonio ; other- wise unknown to the Bollandists. Preeier. St. Etaoin, July 5, V. of the race of Brian. Perhaps same as Modwknna. Forbes. St Etere, Ckcba. St Etha, Oct. 27 (Eatha, Tbath, . Tetha, Theola, Theha, Thetha, and perhaps Ella). One of the saints who came from Ireland and settled in Corn- wall. She is among the companions of Ia and Bbeaca. AA.SS. Rev. S. Baring- Gould, Book of the West, says Teath is Itha. (See Ita.) Probably Etha is the same. St Ethan. Supposed same as Etaoin, or MoDWENNA. A well near Elgin, in Morayshire, is called St. Ethan's : might it not be Etha's ? St Ethehea, Echea. St Ethelburga (i), Sept. 10, 8 (/Kthelburo, Edilburg, Tace, Tata, Tate). + 647. Queen of Northumbria. Founder of Lyming. Daughter of St. Bertha (1) and of Ethelbert, first Christian king of Kent and founder of the See of Canterbury. Second wife of Edwin (017-0:54;, first Christian king of Northumbria and founder of the See of York. Mother of St. Eanfleda. In 625 Ethelburga was married to St. Edwin, who, after many wars and vicis- situdes, was now sole King of Northum- bria, and the fifth and greatest of all the Bretwaldas. He promised her and all her suite, of whatever rank and sex, full liberty to observe their own religion; and further, said that if, on examination and consultation with wise persons, he found the Christian worship more holy and worthy of God than the religion he professed, he would himself adopt it. With her went Paulinus, ordained bishop for the occasion, that he might strengthen her and her companions in the true