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39 the diocese of Means, and was succeeded by her aunt, St. Balda. The fame of Ailbert's holiness was such that many princesses of England and France be- came nuns nnder her rule, among them two queens. Boll, AA.SS. Bucelinus. Menard.

St Ainbeithen, Jan. 2, V. O'Hanlon, Irish Saints.

St Aitche, Jan. 15, V. Patron of Cill-Aitche, in the diocese and county of Limerick, and in the barony of Kenry. She is in the Mart, of Donegal. O'Hanlon, Irish Saints, i. 222.

St Akassana, Jan. 30. AA.SS. St Akonas, or Ancona, V. in Cyprus. Mas Latrie.

St Alba, Jan. 17, M. in Africa. Boll., AA.SS.

B. Alberada or Alberabdis, April 5. 1 140. Lay-sister of the convent of Zwifalt. Daughter of Egino, count of Vrach, and Cunegund, countess of Zoller. Sister of Gcbhard, bishop of Argentina (Strasburg). She was abbess of Lindovia, but, out of intense humility, became a lay-sister at Zwifalt. Bucelinus.

St Alberta, March 11, V. Probably the same as Alverta, sister of St. Faith.

SS. Albina (l) and Paxentius or Panmus, Sept. 23, MM. 2nd century. A young and beautiful brother and sister, put to death for the faith of Christ, in the reign of Antoninus (138-161. Paxentius was killed first. Albina, instead of being discouraged, was impatient to follow his example and share his fate; after many tortures, she was killed by baring a nail driven into her head. Their relics were sent from Rome to Paris by Pope Gregory VII., and placed in the church of St Martin des Champs, which belonged to the Order of Cluny. Their absurd fabulous Acts, found in the monastery, were judged by Perier, the Bollandist, unworthy of a place in the Acta Sanctorum. The names of these martyrs are not in the old calendars, but a lesson in the Paris Breviary records their fate.

St Albina (2), one of the martyrs of Lyons, beheaded, being a Boman citizen. See Blandina.

St Albina (3), Dec. 16, V. M. under Decius, in the 3rd century, at Formii, in Campania, now Mola di Gaeta. B.M.

St Albina (4), Feb. 17. M. at Rome, with many others. Henschenius, AA.SS.

St Albina (5), March 4. 387. Mother of St. Maroella (7). Henchenius and Papebroch do not consider that she has been placed among the saints by competent authority. Lagrange, Vie de Ste. Patde, says that Athanasius lived at the house of St. Albina when he was in Rome.

St Albina (0), Dec. 31. 5th century. A Roman lady. Wife of Publicola, son of Melania the elder. Albina is commonly called "Saint," but not worshipped by authority. She ac- companied her daughter, St. Melamia the younger, to Africa; visited St. Augustine at Hippo, and was there when the people seized Pinianus, husband of Melania, and demanded his ordination. After seven years in Africa, they went to Jerusalem, where it is probable Al- bina died. Baillet, Vies, Smith and Wace, ''Dict. of Christian Biography.'' St Alboflede (l), sister of Clovis L, king of the Franks; and baptized with him. Lacroix, Vie Militaire. See Clotilda.

St Alboflede (2), daughter of Clovis L Foundress of the monastery of St. Pierre le Vif. Lives of the two SS. Alboflede are said by Lelong, in his ''Dict. de l'Histoire de France'', to be in the Génélogie de la première race.

St. Alburgha, Dec. 25. Founder of the monastery of Wilton. Sister of Egbert, king of England. Widow of Wroxstan, or Wulstan, '' the famous earl or duke of Wiltshire," who repaired an old church at Wilton, and placed secular priests there. On his death in 800 his widow obtained leave, from her brother the king, to make it a nunnery for twelve virgins and a prioress. Alburgba is therefore considered the founder. Memorial of British Piety. Tanner, Notitia Monastica, p. 502.

St Alchimia, sister of St. Placidina.

St. Alcidia or Accidia, May 29, M. in Africa, with 155 others. Boll., AA.SS.