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240 240 ST. tESNDlS a poor leper came to him, begging bread and saying that he wanted a beantifnl woman of high rank to wait upon him. The holy abbot, knowing that Christ was to be served in the person of His poor, took the beggar on his shoulders and carried him to the infirmary in the monastery. He then went to the palace and said to the king's wife, ** Come and fulfil the request of my leper ; wash him and dress his wounds." The queen re- plied that she would never do .such a thing unless St. Fcchin would positively promise that she should be rewarded with eternal felicity. She nursed the leper, notwithstanding the disgust and dislike she felt to the office, and did everything he bade her. Fechin, from his cell, saw a great globe of fire ascend from the roof of the lazaret, to heaven ; he went to the place and found that the leper had gone to heaven and left the queen alone. She has no particular day, so is remembered on the day of her spiritual father St. Fechin, abbot of Fobar. Colgan. St. Tendis or Tkntida. Nov. 20, called by Migne, a nun and martyr in Persia. Guerin. Stadler. St. Tenella. {See Elvira.) St. Tenestina or Theonefana, Aug. 24, V. c. middle of 6th century. Daughter of Haregar and Trudana or Truda, of Souligne sous Yallon, in the province of Maine in France. She was led to penitence and a holy life by St. Eigomar, a priest of that place; her regard for him was made the ground of a false accusation against her. Severus, to whom she was betrothed, accused Higo- mar of evil designs and had them both summoned to the presence of King Childebert. They went carrying with them candles as a religious gift to the king. Some of the bystanders began to abuse Bigomar as soon as he appeared, saying: "Behold, the sort of priests who seduce other people's wives I *' The king, however, said to Bigomar: "If you have done or intended no evil, light without fire these candles that you have brought." Bigomar prayed that his innocence might be proved in this manner, and immediately the candles began to smoke. He stretched oat his hand, and they blazed up. Then the king and all his people knew that Tenes- tina and the priest were innocent, and they fell at the feet of the saints and craved their pardon for the disrespect with which they had been treated. The king gave them two towns, and ordered that no one should molest them. With the advice and assistance of St. Innocent, bishop of the diocese, he caused suitable retreats to be built for them. Tenestina took the religious veil, and her parents gave her a piece of land for a convent ; the gift was confirmed by Childebert and she presided over many holy women until her death. AA,SS, Chambord, Saints (VAnjou, Stadler adds that the village of Gourdaine on the Barthe, in Poitou, stands on the site of Tenestina's retreat ; that Bigomar spent his life in rooting out the remains of paganism in France, and that their bodies were for a long time preserved in the abbey of Maillezais in Poitou. St. Tentida, Tendis. St. Teonia or Tionia, Feb. 17, V. M. 273. (See St. Agape (2).) St. Terentia, hononrod in Bern. Migne. Stadler. St. Terentiana (i), July 10, V. M. Migna St. Terentiana (2), March 5. Men- tioned by Herman and Groven, in their additions to Usuard, as converted with her five sons this day. Possibly same as Terentiana (1). AA,SS. St. Teresa, Thebesa. St. Tertia (l), Oct. O. 1st century. The queen of India mentioned in the story of St. Miodonia. Assemani finds her as a Saint and Martyr in a Slavonian Ephemeria discovered by Marchio Cap- poni. Assemani calls the king Smidieus and says that Tertia and her son Azanis were converts and martyrs. St. Tertia (2). (See Charikssa.) St. Tertia (3). AprU 12, M. St. Tertiosa, Dec. 6, M. in Africa, with DioNYSiA (5). Stadler. St. Tertula (l) or Tbstula, June 2, M. with two hundred and twenty-seven Bomans. AA,SS, St. Tertula (2), June 3, a Boman martyr. AA.SS. St TertuUa (l), April 29, V. M. in