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289 ST. VIBORADA 289 (>, + 1511. She was a nun, O.S.D., under B. Antonia (7), in the convent of St. Catherine the martyr at Ferrara. She was sent thence to reform the con- vent of the Anntmciation in the same city, and she succeeded B. Luot (21) as abbess of that of St. Catherine of Siena, also at Ferrara ; which office she held for seven years. AA.S8., " B. Antonia." Bazzi. Fio. St Veronica (7) Giuliani, July 9, Sept. 13, 1660-1727. O.S.F. She was bom at Mercatello in the States of the Church, and was christened Ursula. She is said to have observed the fasts of the Church from her infancy. At a very oarly age she habitually reserved part of her food to give to the poor. Once while she was a very little girl she had a pair of new shoes with which she was much delighted. As she was sitting at the window, a pilgrim passing the honse looked up to her and asked for alms. She had nothing to give him but she thought of her pretty shoes, and taking one off, she threw it down to him. He said one shoe was of no use tmless she gave him the other. That also she took off and threw down, but it lodged on the arch over the doorway, where no one could reach it. The pilgrim grew taller and taller and stretched out his arm farther and farther tmtil he could take the shoe, and as soon as he had done so, he disappeared. Soon afterwards the Virgin Mary appeared to the little Ursula, with the shoes in her hand shining with jewels. She told her she had given her shoes to the Saviour and He had adorned them with gems. Ursula took the capuchin habit and the name of Veronica in 1677, at Citta di Castello. In 1697, having continually meditated on the Fassion of Christ, she received the stigmata, like St. Francis and St Catherine of Siena, and besides the five wounds, she had the marks of the crown of thorns. In 1716 she became superior of her convent and remained so tmtil her death. She was canonized by Gregory XVI. on Trinity Sunday, 1839, with St Alfonso Liguori, St. Francis de Oirolamo, St Joseph of the Cross, and St. Faoifions of San Severino. They are sometimes represented in a group, although they VOL. II. were not all contemporary. JB.lf., July 9 .A.B.M, Mart, Eomano-Seraphicnm, Sept. 13. Lives of the Saints canonized on Trinity Sunday, St. Veronica (8) Nucci, Nov. 9, was bom in 1841, at Cerreto, of a poor but pious couple. She took the vows of the Third Order of St. Francis, in Ischia, in 1859, and died, 1862, in the odour of sanctity. Her grave is highly venerated. Stadler. St. Verylde, PharaIldis. St. Vesta or Vbstina. (See Janu- ARIA (1).) St. Vestig^ia. (Sec Januaria (1).) St Vestita, July 20, M. at Rome. AA.SS. St. Vetula, June 15, M. AA,SS. St. Vetusa, July 18, M. in Africa. AA,SS, St. Vey, Nov. 1 or 3 (Baya, Bkoa, Bbt, Chaibal-Bhay, Chaibal-Vky), + 896. In the island of Little Cnmbray — which is in the shire of Bute, but belongs to the parish of EHbude in Ayr- shire — may still be seen the ruins of a chapel dedicated to St. Beye, a Scottish virgin and saint. It is called St. Vey's chapel, the name of the saint having been thus changed by the Scoto-Irish construction of speech, in which it is called Chaibal-Bhay (pronounced Ohai- bal-Vey). St. Maura (7), a friend of Donald VL (893-904), visited her there and received instruction from her. After Vey's deatii the rector of the church of Dunbar attempted to carry off her relics. He encountered such a £nghtful storm that he was obliged to leave them in the solitude she had chosen in her life. Eil- bag head, in the island of Lewis, pro- bably takes its name either from Baya or Bega. Forbes, Kalendars, Chalmers, Cale&nia, St. Vey may be honoured nnder the name of Bbb, but she is a distinct person from St. Bee of Egrb- MONT. Compare Bega (1). St. Viatrix, Beatrice (1). St Viborada, May 2 (Wiborada, VrvRBDA, in German Weibrath, in French Quiborat, Qurnugs or Vifr^de), V. M. 925. Patron of St. Gall. She was a member of an ancient and noble family in Suabia. In her youth she lived with monastic austerity and