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84 84 ST. ARMATA St. Armata, Feb. 14, M. at Alex- andria, with many others. Henschenins, in AA.SS. St. Armella, Oct. 24 (Armel, Armi- oela). "I" 1G71. Represented sitting on the floor in a kitchen, with cooking ntensils in her hands. Daughter of pious peasants at Eampeneac, in Brittany. At twenty she went to be nursery-maid in the neigh- bouring town of Plormel. When one of her master's daughters married a noble- man, Armella went to be her maid. At sixty she had her leg broken by a kick from a horse. Long before she was sufficiently recovered to walk, she sat in a comer of the kitchen to look to the housekeeping, and do what she could for her master and mistress. Ott, Die L^gende, St. Arminia (l), March 26, is men- tioned, among other martyrs, this day, in some old martyrologies. AA.SS,y Preeter. St. Arminia (2), or Marminia, May 28, M. in Afnca. AA,SS. St Arminia (3), April 19, M. at Melitina, in Armenia. AA.SS. St. Arndrude, Erentrude. SS. Aroa, or Koa, and Lucy. See Cyprilla. St. Arquelais, Archelaa. St. Arsenia, Hbrenia. Arsima and her mother, Aeatha, are mentioned in the Coptic cfldendar, Sept. 26. AA.SS. St. Artemia (l), or Arthemia, Aug. 8, 16. Daughter of the Emperor Dio- cletian and St. Serena. Artemia was delivered from a devil by St. Cryia- cus, who afterwards baptized her. She was killed by the Emperor Maximian after the martyrdom of Gyriacus. Her body is supposed to be in the church of St. Silvester, in the Campus Martins, at Rome. Artemia appears as a saint in Greven's Calendar, but her worship has never been generally recognized through- out the Church. AA.SS. SS. Artemia (2) and Attica, Feb. 18, VV. Daughters of Gallicanus, who was to have married St. Constance. St. Artemia (3). 9th century. Abbess of Cuteclar, in Spain. One of her nuns was St. Mary, fellow-martyr of St. Flora. Baillet, Vies. St. Artemidos. Patron of weakly children in Scio, one of the Cyclades. J. Theodore Bent, " Old Mythology in New Apparel," MacmillarCs Magazine y March, 1885. St. Artena, or Aretina, of Tuderto, Jan. 29. f 303. She buried St. Seustio, martyr of Todi, and honoured him by building a church over his grave. JacobUli, Saints of Umbria, iii. 263. St. Arthellais, or Arthelais, March 3, V. + c. 570. A native of Con- stantinople. The beautiful daughter of Lucius, proconsul under the Emperor Justinian, and of St. Anthusa his wife. As the Emperor expressed great admira- tion for her, Lucius concealed her for a lime. Anthusa wept and lamented because, her daughter being already vowed to a religious life, she did not wish her to return to the world or to fall into the power of the Emperor. At her own request, she was sent, under the care of three confidential servants, to her uncle Narses, who ruled in Italy. When she had accomplished more than half the journey, she was seized by robbers. Her guardians fled to the church of St. EuLALiA, where they prayed for the release of their mistress, and gave alms of her money to the poor. One of the beggars who received their alms said, "Inasmuch as you gave to one of the least of these My brethren, ye gave unto Me." And when He had thus spoken He vanished out of their sight. Then they knew that Christ had accepted their charity and heard their prayers. The robbers resolved to sell their captive for wicked purposes. As they went out of their house they were seized by the devil, and so died ; at the same time an angel of the Lord slew her gaoler and all his men, loosed her bonds, and led her out of the prison. She soon met her servants, and they all proceeded to Sipontum, a city of Apulia. She made an offering in the church of St. Michael at Monte (>argano near the town. Mean- time Narses was informed in a dream of her approach. He went to meet her, and, having stayed three days by the way at Luceria, brought her to Benevento. She walked barefooted to the church of the Virgin Mary, where she offered six