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444 444 ST. JIXIANA women wore following a new religious rule without being under any constituted authority, so they obtained permission from Pope Sixtus IV. to assume the rule of St. Ambrose ad Nemus, a branch of the Augustinians, instituted at Milan for men about a hundred years before. Catherine was the first prioress ; Juliana was a lay-sister, i.e. servant to the others; Benedicta Bimia was elected prioress on the death of Catherine in 1478. Juliana was yencrated as a saint from the time of .her death ; she was beatified by Clement XIV. in 1770. She invented a new devotion called the Eobe of the Virgin Mary: it consisted of saying 100,000 Ave Marias in the year. A.B.M., Augustinians. AA.SS. Her body is preserved flexible and entire with tbat of B. Catherine Morigia in the Church of St. Ambrose. Helyot, iv. 1>. St. Juliana (27), July <>, V. princess, died between 1 530 and 1 550 at the age of sixteen. She was daughter of George, duke of Olsan, of the line of the Grand- dukes of Lithuania. Her body was found in the church at Kief in 1705, undecayed and much adorned with gold and gems. Grseco-Slavonian Calendar. St. Juliana (28) of Muroin, Jan 2, -f- IGKi. She was of noble birth; her husband's name was Gregory. After his death she took the veil, gave all her property to the poor, and lived like a pauper ; she was always very cheerful. She is only worshipi)ed in the village of Lazari3V8koi, in the island of Murom, in the lake of Onega in Bussia, where St. Lazarus (March 24) founded a monastery in the 14th century. Grsecfp-Slavonian Calendar. She is enumerated among the Saints of Muromia in a MS. of the 17 th century quoted by Muravieff. St. JuHot, JULITTA (2). St. Julitta (1), July 30, M. early 4th century. Perhaps patron of Villejuive. By the edicts of Diocletian the Chris- tians were debarred from the privileges of citizens and protection of the laws, and many covetous persons took ad- vantage of this state of things to rob them of their property. A rich and powerful man of CsBsarea, in Cappadocia, took possession of great part of St. Julitta's estate, and as he oontinned tak- ing more and more from her, she appealed to the pnetor. Her adversary said she was a Christian and therefore not in a position to bring an action against him. The pra)tor immediately ordered fire and incense to be brought that Julitta might sacrifice to the gods, and on her courageous and decided refusal, she was condemned to be burnt. She cbeerfhlly mounted the pile. The smoke soon suffocated her, but her body was unin- jured and was buried by the Christians. On the spot of its interment, a fountain of delicious water sprang up, which was the only good water in the place, all the rest being brackish. B.M. AA^. Butler. Baillet, from her panegyric by St. Basil the Great St. Julitta (2) or Juliot, June 16, + c. 325. Julitta and her son St Cyr (called also Cierx, Gurec, Quiricus, etc.) are patrons of Issoudun and of dyers at Liege, and Cyr is patron of Nevers. She is perhaps patron of Villejuive (originally Villa Julitta). Julitta and Cyr have dedications in Cornwall and Devon, and there her name is spelt Juliot. She is represented as a young woman with a sword and palm in her left hand; a child on her right arm holds a small palm. Julitta was descended from the ancient kings in Asia Minor. To avoid the persecution at Iconium in Lycaonia, she fled to Seleucia, taking her little boy, not yet three years old, and two maids. Finding an equally cruel persecution raging there, she continued her flight to Tarsus in Cilicia. There she was arrested as a Christian. Her two servants fled from her, but she took her son in her arms, and did not hesitate to avow her religion. While she was being ques- tioned, Alexander, the governor, took the little boy on his lap and caressed him, but the child kept his eyes fixed on his mother, struggling to go to her. Irritated at this return for his intended kindness, the governor took Cyr by one foot and dashed him down. His head struck the edge of a step of the judgment- seat and he was killed. His mother praised God that he had received the crown of martyrdom. She was beheaded.