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250 250 ST. THENNOW obilde, she was (after the lawe than Tsed) cast downe hedlonge from the heyght of a rook and yet scaped ynhnrte, than was she put in to ye see alone in a leder bote and without sayle or ore and came in to Treland and there forthw^ trauayled, whiche an holy heremyte saw in spiryte and was comaunded to brynge yp the chylde, and with hym in youth he reysed two deed persones, and dyd many myraoles in scotlonde, englonde and wales, where he was accompanyed w^ saynt David and was there abbot of . IX. c. LXY. monkes, and yet he was before a bysshop in englonde of meruaylous hygh perfeccion." She is called Qneen of the Scots by Camerarius, who says that as a widow she renounced her authority and with- drew from worldly afldedrs to lead a religious life. There is no record of the birth of Eentigem written within five hundred years of his death, but tradition says he was the son of a noble Briton named Ewen. St. Thennew was the daughter of Loth, half pagan king of the Picts. She had a suitor, Ewen or Eugenius, a king or son of the king of Cumbria. Thennew would not marry him because he was not a Christian. Her father was angry and said she should marry Ewen or be given as a slave to a swine-herd. She chose the latter destiny because the swine-herd was a Christian and a disciple of St. Serf. When it became known that she was with child, she was condemned to be stoned, but as no one presumed to cast a stone at a member of the royal family, she was taken up to the top of the hill of Dunpelder or Dumpender (now Traprain Law in Haddington), and precipitated in a chariot from thence, but was miracu- lously preserved from injury. King Loth then ordered her to be committed to the sea, saying, "If she be worthy to live, her God will save her." So she was placed in a little boat of hide, and set adrift at Aberlady, on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, whence she floated across to Culross in Fife. There she gave birth to her famous son, and there St. Serf was kind to her and adopted her child who, under his guidance, became one of the greatest of Scottish saints. He was christened Eyentyem or Eentigem ; the name of Mungo was afterwards given him as an expression of affection. Ho became bishop of Glasgow and lived to a great age. His mother is supposed to have ended her days there. Although the legend makes Eentigem a pupil of St. Serf, it is believed that Serf was not bom until about a hundred years after the death of Eentigem. AA^S. Skene, Celtic Scotland, Forbes. St. Thennow, Thennew. St. Theocla, Thecla (3). St. Theocleta, Aug. 21. 9th cen- tury. A holy woman commemorated in the Greek Church. Daughter of Con- stantine and Anastasia. Wife of Zacharia, who was as pious as herself. She was learned in the Holy Scriptures and spent all her time in doing good. She wrought innumerable miracles after her death. Her body was taken up once a year, her white hair was dressed and her nails cut, and she was carefully dressed and put back in her coffin. AA.SS» St. Theocosia, Jan. 14, M. in Africa. AA.SS. St. Theocteriste, Theoctiste (2). St. Theoctiste (l), Jan. 31 or May 1, M. One of three daughters of St. Athanasia (1). Bepresented standing by her mother with joined hands. Guenebault. St. Theoctiste (2), Theoctebistk, or HiER, Nov. 10, V. 9th or early 10th century. Bepresented kneeling in a hut, where she is discovered by a hunter who brings her clothes and food. A native of Methymna, she was left an orphan in her infancy and was educated in a con- vent. When she was eighteen, on the night of Easter Day, the place was in- vaded by Arabs of Crete, under Nysiris, and Theoctiste was carried captive with many others. They touched at Pares, in the ^gean sea, and there, Theoctiste fled and hid in the woods and thickets until they were gone. She was without help or companionship but remembered what she had been taught in the convent, and lived as a hermit for more than thirty-five years, on wild berbs and fruits. Her clothes wore out, and she had nothing but leaves to wear. She was at last found by a hunter, and