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356 356 ST. GUDDONE the Church of the Elders at Carthage on her festival. Probably same as Gau- DENTiA (1). Tillemont. Mas Latrie. St. Guddone, perhaps Gaudentia St. Gudelia, or Gobdela, Sept. 29. 4th century. Converted several persons in Persia, in the reign of Sapor, and refused to worship the sun and the fire. She was kept long in prison suffering agonies of hunger; then had the skin torn off her head, and was tied and nailed to a stake, where she died. For other martyrs in this persecution, see J a, Pherbutha. Tillemont, vol. vii. p. 89. B.M. St. Gudila, Gudula. St. Gudilana, or Gudilas, Sept. 8. Honoured at Toledo. Gu^rin. Mas Latrie. St. Gudula, Jan. 8, July 6, Sept. 14, Nov. 15, 16 (Ergoule, Gaxjld, Goulb, Gudila; in Flemish, Sinte R. Goelen, or Sinte R. Goole), V. + 712. Patron of Brussels. In art, she often carries a lantern, sometimes an embroidery frame, some- times a book in one hand and a long candle in the other. In common with St. Genevieve, of Paris, she is attended by an angel and a devil, the latter blowing out her torch or candle, the angel relighting it (Cahier). Gudula was the youngest daughter of Count Witgor and St. Amalberga, niece of Pepin, of Herstal, mayor of the palace. Gudula was sister of St. Emebert, bishop of Cambrai, and of SS. Beyneld and Phakaildis, and related to Aldeound and Waltrude. She was brought up at Mvelle by her great-great-aunt and godmother, St. Gertrude, after whose death she returned to her father's house. She made a vow of virginity, and led an austere religious life, giving all her fortune in alms. Early every morning she used to walk two miles to church at Morzelles, accompanied by a maid- servant carrying a lantern. One day the light was blown out, but the saint took it in her hands, and it was miracu- lously lighted again. She used to go into church barefooted, but her humility led her to conceal this act of mortifica- tion. The priest, however, perceiving that she had no shoes on, lent her his gloves to put under the soles of Jher feet; she took them and thanked him, but when he had turned his back, she threw them away, and they remained hanging in the air for an honr. She cured miraculously a woman in an advanced stage of leprosy. Gudulda was buried on Jan. 8, before the door of the oratory of the village of Ham. Next day a poplar that grew close to her grave appeared in full leaf, or, according to another version of the story, it sprang up in one night. The oldest Life of St. Gudula is by Hubert, who lived 350 years after her death. It is preserved in Bonqnet's Beceuil de Documents, iii p. 628, by Bollandus, AA.SS., Jan. 8. Duchesne. Some of the legends are of later growth. She also appears in Surius, Bntler, Martin, and other collections. St. Guenfrewi, Winifred. St. Guenfrida, Winifred. St. Guenne, Gwen, Gwendeuns. St. Guenwera, Winifred. St. Gueodet, Hauda. St. Guibor, according to Cahier, sometimes means Walburga. Perhaps same as Viborada. St. Guiborat, Viborada. St. Guinefroie, Winifred. St. Guiteria, May 21, V. Famous for miraculous cures, particularly of mad persons. Commemorated in several convents in Aquitaine. Papebroch could discover nothing about her, and sup- posed her to be the same as St. Quitbria, V. M. in Gascony, May 22. AA,SS^ Prseter, St. Guivina, Dec. 8, V., Wivin. Guivrte, Viborada. St. Gulalia, Dec. 10, V. Occurs in a very ancient calendar, which bears the name of Bede, found in an old missal, probably of the 11th century. Migne, ozxxviii. 1301. Perhaps a clerical error for EULALIA. Gulval, Wblvela. St. Gundeburga. 7th century. Queen of the Lombards. Eepreaented wearing a crown surmounted by a saintly halo, and looking from the window of her prison at two armed and moonted