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174 174 ST. QUITERIA angel, to Monnt Colambiano or Pom> beyro, in the proTinoe of Entre Minho e Donro, where her head was cut off. WiLOEFOBTis is sud in this story to be one of the sisters of Qniteria. The account of St Qniteria given in the FlffS Sanctorum makes her a native of Bayonne, and does not mention the extraordinary circumstances of her birth and childhood, bnt relates that thirty maidens and eight young men, her companions and disciples, were mar- tyred with her, as well as King Ludivan, who had at one time been her bitter enemy and persecutor and whom she had converted from heathenism and avarice. The chief of her fellow-mar- tyrs was the InfEinta St. CoLUMBiyA. When Quiteria's head was cut off, she carried it in her hands to the place where she wished to be buried. The Bollandists pronounce her story to be utterly fabulous. She is wor- shipped in Gkiscony and the north of Spain. She is not mentioned in the old martyrologios. Chastelain says she was martyred, not in Spain, but at Aire in Crascony, and Cahier says that, at Alenquer in Portugal, hydrophobia is cured with bread soaked in the oil of the lamp that bums before her picture. B.M, AA.SS. Vida e Martirio de Sa. Quiteria. ., no Monte de Pombeyro Interamnense, by Fr. Bento da Asoene A.M. abbott of Pombeyro. Lisboa Oc- cidental, 1722. St. Quiteria (2; or Qutfta. Sii^r of St. I)oda (3;. Perhaps same as Quiteria ( 1 ), or same as Quitterie. St. Quitterie, May 22, V. M., said by Martin to be not the same as Quiteria, but a martyr at Chateaudun in the diocese of Ghartres. St. Quoamalia or Qcoamalius, April 1«5, M. in Galatia or GalsBcia. AA.SS. St. Quoronta. A monastery of this name, in Albania or the Ionian islands, is mentioned by Eavanagh in his Yacht-' ing Tour, Perhaps a corruption of Qnaranta meaning the Forty Martyrs. St. Quorrair, March 8, Corcair (1). E St. Raab or Eaabe, Railvb. St. Rabacia, one of the 11,000 VV. of Cologne. (See St. Ursula.) St Rachab, Kahab. St. Rachel (l) or Rahel, Sept. 2. As an ancestor of our Saviour, the wife of the patriarch Jacob is honoured with her husband and her sister Leak, not- withstanding the imperfections that some persons remark in the characters of both these women. Rachel's tomb was on the road between Bethlehem and Rama, on the confines of the tribes of Judah and I^njamin. The Christians built a large chapel over it, and it was among the sacred places to which thousands of pilgrims resorted. Smith's Dictionary of the Bible, Baillet. St. Rachel (2), Catherine (2). St. Rachild, May 2, July 7, Nov. 23, V. + 946, recluse at St. Gall in Switzer- land, was a native of Friokthal in the Aargau, and was related to Count Ekke- hard I. and to St. Viborada. As a child she was conspicuously pious, and when, in 020, she was cured of an inter- mittent fever, by Viborada, she had a cell built for herself beside that of her friend, whom she considered as a second mother. Here she remained for twenty- six years. In 925 the Huns devastated the country, the monks fled from the monastery, but Viborada advised Rachild to stay where she was. She remained there unhurt, although Viborada was killed. As Rachild mourned for her friend, she saw her happy spirit and was comforted. She suffered for many years from a dreadful skin disease. She was buried beside Viborada in the church of St. Magnus, and her grave was honoured with many miracles. Stadler. Mas Latrie. Guerin. St. Radeg^nd ( l ;, queen of France, Aug. 13 (Aradkgundis, Araoonde, Araqone, Aregundis, Radound, Rad- REIMK, RaGONDE, RaGUNT, RaTGUNT, Rediqundis, Reoonde, Rhadegund, etc.). Sixth century. Patron of Poitiers, Peronne, Chinon,