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458 458 ST. LENE "Never!" cried the young Christian. So she was condemned and beheaded. Scarcely had her head rolled on the ground than she took it up in her hands, to the great astonishment of the spectators, walked along the shore, re-entered the town by the gate of St. Helen, and walked to the Place dn Camp, where she gave up her soul. The Fountain of St. Nata- lene, which still* flows near the cemetery of St. John, first spouted up miraculously where her head fell. An oratory was built in her honour; it forms part of the Church of Notre Dame du Camp. Gu^rin. St Lene (2), Helen (11). St. Leoba or Leobgytha, Lioba. St. Leoberia, Oct. 8, companion of Benedict A (7). St. Leocadia or Locaie, Deo. 9, April 20, V. M. 304. Patron of Toledo and of St. Ghislain. She was imprisoned at Toledo during the persecution in the reign of Diocletian. While there, she hesird of the martyrdom of her friend EuLALiA, and prayed to be united to her by death. She died in the prison. She made the sign of the cross with her finger on a stone in the wall, and the mark of the cross remained impressed on the stone as if traced on wax or soft clay. According to another account, she was killed by being thrown from a high rock by order of Dacian, governor of Toledo. A chapel was eventually built on the spot where she fell. There, her gravestone was removed by angels, that she might arise and appear to St. IldefoDso and tell him that the treatise he had written in honour of the Virgin Maky was commended in heaven. She wore a mantilla, and before she dis- appeared, St. Hdcfouso cut o£f a piece of it, which was preserved in the church as a relic, doubly sacred. Throe important churches in Toledo are dedicated in her name. Her relics were moved for fear of the Moors, and taken to the monastery of St. Ghislain near Haiuault,but restored to Toledo in 158i>. The town of Ste. Locaie, in Lampourdan, was called after her. It was found that the best footmen came from Ste. Locaie, hence they were called I aqua iff. Perhaps she is the same as Gadia. liM. AA.SS., Prseter. Mrs. Jameson. Flo8 Sanctorum* Helyoi Butler. Cahier. St. Leocippia, Aug. 10, M. AAJ3S. St. Leocritia, Lucrktia (2). St. Leodegaria, April 2, sister of St. Urban, bishop of Langres. Honoured at Dijon. Stadler. B. Leodegonta with her son St Pharo, Oct 28. 6th and 7th centuries. "Wife of Agneric, count of Burgundy. Mother of SS. Walbert and Pharo, bishops of Meaux; and of St. Faba. Saussaye, Appendix. St. Leofrona, Oct 11, abbess of the monastery of St. Mildred. Given as Saint and Martyr on various days by recent authors, but neither her martyr- dom nor her worship are proved. AA.S8. Bucelinus (July 30) says she was martyred by the Danes in England in 1024, with St. Mildred and several monks and nuns. St. Leogontia, V. of Auvergne, died with signs of divine grace and glory, and rests in the Church of St Cassius. Saussaye, Appendix. St. Leomaie, Nbomadia. St. Leonice, Lkontia. St. Leonides ( i ). (See Nimonia.) St. Leonides (2), M. with St. Lybe. St. Leonilla of Langres in Cham- pagne, Jan. 17 (Leovilla, Lomilla), M. 3rd or 4th century. Grandmother of «/<« trais jumeaux,*' SS. Speusippus, Eleusippus, and Meleusippus, who were natives of Cappadocia. Their mother was a Christian, but she died while they were infants, and their father brought them up heathens. They were dis- tinguished by their enthusiasm for games and spectacles connected with the wor- ship of the heathen gods. So that when after their Other's death, his mother Leonilla converted them to Christianity, the change in their habits immediately attracted the attention of the authorities. The governor, finding them determined to persevere in their new opinions, aud being reluctant to condemn three youths of their position and popularity, sent for Leonilla and advised her to influence them to abjure their religion. She re- plied that she would do all in her power to secure their salvation. He did not perceive that she spoke only of the