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224 224 B. SIBYLLA DE GAGES B. Sibylla or Sybilla de Gages, Oct. 8, 9, + 1246. Daughter of Giles de Gages, a nobleman of Aywi^rea in Brabant. She was equally celebrated for her learning, yirtne and miracles, and was the friend of St. Lutgabd. She was translated in 1611, by the bishop of Namur. Invoked as a Saint with SS. LuTOAKD and Elisabeth (13). Henriquez. Bncelinns. Stadler. Re- jected by the Bollandists. St. Sicaria, Sighabia. St. Siccidis. Probably Sioildis. St. Sicharia, Feb. 2 and 16 (Sigabia, SiGAuiA, Syaobia, Sionaria), V. at Or- leans, commemorated in several old martyrologies. All that is known of her is that she lived before the role of St. Benedict was generally established in France, and that the names Sicharias and Sicharia were not uncommon in Gaul about the time of Dagobert, 7th century. AA,SS. Saussaye. Bucelinus, who quotes Bede. Martin. St. Sichild, Theodechild. St. Sicildis, June 22 (Sbbolde or Seb AUT, Sezaut, Sbrote, Sesautb, Cebosb, etc). Supposed 8th century. V. hon- oured at Le Mans, where she was re- presented, over the altar in her own church, in a nun's dtess. Her history is lost but she is supposed to be the same as Siggidis, daughter of Asquarius and St. Aneglia ; they built a church at Alciacum (Auzy-le-Chateau) : Siccidis took the veil there and made a splendid tomb and ornamented the whole church with lights and flowers to honour the funeral of their friend St. Silvinus. AA.SS. Chastelain. St. Sicula, DoMiNiGA (l). St. Sid, SiDWELL. St. Sidora, Aug. 10, M. AA.S8. St. Sidwell, Sativola, Satwola, Sid, SiTHEFULLA or SlTHBWELLA,DeC. 18, V. M. 740. Sister of SS. Eadwara, Juthwaba, and Wilgith. Patron of Exeter and titular saint of a church in Cornwall. She was martyred and buried near St. SidwelVs church, Exeter. Near to this church exists an ancient well supplied by a fine spring named St. Sid*s well, beside which, according to tradition, she lived the life of a recluse. There is a representation of her in the east window of Exeter cathedral, with a soytbe in her hand and a well behind her: this is probably only a rebus upon her name. On one of the oolunms of Exeter cathedral she is represented carrying her severed head in her hand. Butler, <* St. Maw, May 18," says that Sidwell was bom at Exeter and beheaded by Finseea, through the machinations of her step- mother. Her legend is said to be given amongst others, abridged for the use of the church of Exeter, by Bishop John of Grandeson, in 133G. Britidk Pieiff. Cahier. Bees, Welsh SS. (See Wklvela). St. Sigaria, Sighabia. St. Sigillenda or Sigilindib. (See Obsmaria.) St. Sigillendis, a British widowed princess, who was standing on the bank of the Rhine to welcome St. ITbsula when she arrived. Sigillendis built a monastery at Greesburg, near Cologne. Onghena. St. Signaria, Sighabia. St. Sigolena, July 24 (Saoculina, Segolena, Sigoul^b), 7th or 8th cen- tury. Abbess of Troclar. Patron, with St. Cecilia, of Albi in Aquitaine. Hon- oured at Clermont Daughter of a nobleman of Aquitaine. She had two brothers, Sigebald, bishop of Cahois, and Babo, governor of Albigeois. She was married very young to a nobleman who encouraged her in piety and charity. After his death she became a deaconess. After some time, her father, lest she should leave him and take ^e veil in some distant convent, built a monastery for her, on his own land at Troclar, near Albi, where she led a holy and very ascetic life, sleeping on cinders wiUi a stone for a pillow. Saconlioa is incorrectly claimed as a Spaniard by Tamayo. AA.SS. Mrs. Jameson. Baillet. St. Sigjada, Aug. 4, Sbgrete, Se- GKETTE, S^GRAUZ and SiGBADIZ. 7th century. Mother of St. Leger (Leode- garius) bishop of Autun, 616-678 (Oct. 2). She was shut up in the monastery of Notre Dame de Soissons, by Ebroin, who was persecuting all her family. Her goods were confiscated; her son Gu^rin or Guarin was stoned. St. Leger was ill treated. She took the veil at