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299 ST. WENDREDA 209 Gastrilloo (Gastle-plaoe), and to build her a little but tbere, wbere sbe migbt abut berself np and serve Qod* Hidnlpb built instead a magnificent monastery. Waltmde tbinking it nnsnited to the life of poverty sbe intended to follow, refused to live in it. A few days after- wards a tremendous storm of wind blew it down. Hidulpb tben built ber a cell and cbapel, wbere sbe Isiettled, after re- ceiving the veil from St. Aubert, bisbop of Cambrai. Several ladies placed tbem- selves under ber direction. Her sister Aldegundis tbougbt the place too small and advised ber to come witb ber nuns to the double monastery sbe bad just built at Maubenge, but Waltmde, who preferred solitude and quiet, remained wbere sbe was. Her monastery, wbicb was also double, became so famous for sanctity tbat in time the town of Mons, tbe capital of Hainault, was built round it. Sbe died April 9, in the presence of ber monks and nuns; sbe appointed Ulftrude, ber niece aged twenty, wbom sbe bad brougbt up from the cradle, to succeed ber. Tbe counts of Hainault were lay-abbots of tbis monastery, and appointed an abbess to superintend the nuns, who became a riob cbapter of canonesses. Eacb emperor on bis ac- cession was appointed count of Hainault and the inauguration was beld at Mons witb great magnificence. He took the oatb first to the cbapter of St. Waltrude, tben to the States, and afterwards to the town of Mons. Waltrude's ring and double cross are preserved in ber cburcb at Mons; tbe cross is about five incbes long, made of silver, and mucb ornamented witb gold and enricbed witb precious stones. B.M. AA.88. Helyot. Baillct. Butler. Stadler. Golden Legend, Paul Lacroix, Vie militaire, etc. O'Flaberty, Ogygia, Memoirs of the Princesae de lAgne. St. Wantrude, Waltrude. St. Warbeth or Vorbetta. (See EiNBETTA.) St. Warna, Waurna. St. Warpurg, Walburga. St. Warsenopha, June 4, M. A native of Denfa, an obscure village in Egypt. Commemorated witb ber mother and SS. Sophia, Dibamona, and Bista- MONA. AAJ38. St. Waudru, Waltrude. St. Waurna or Warna was invoked until recently by the wreckers in the Scilly isles. Tbey used to pray to ber to send tbem a ricbly laden mercbant- sbip, or any sucb " God's mercy," and if tbeir wisb was granted tbey divided tbe spoil and murdered sucb of the crew as the sea bad spared. Legend says tbat sbe crossed over from Ireland in a corragb. A boly well in St Agnes's still bears ber name. C. F. Qordon Gumming, From the Hebrides to the Himalayas, Miss Gumming sees in Waurna an adaptation of the pagan Hindu goddess Varuna. Stanton (Meno- logy) spells the name Warna. B. Wedig^nd, Radegund (3). Ga- f bier. St. Weeda, Weeds, Weedea, Eva (4), or Gaffe, Dec. 30, 3, 2, V. 7tb or 8tb century. Some accounts make ber tbe youngest daugbter of Penda, king of Mercia, and tbird abbess of Dormund- caster, following ber sisters Etneburga ( 1 ) and Edburga (3) ; otbers place ber in the next century as tbird abbess of St. Peter's, Gloucester, following ber sisters, Ktneburga (2) and Edburga (4). Wilson's Marty Dec. 2. Memorial of Ancient British Piety. St Weibrath, Viborada. B. Weirgonde, Eadegund (3). St. Welvela, Welwela, Wulvella, or Gulval, an ancient Britisb saint who sbares witb St. Sidwsll the dedication of the cburcb of Laneast in GomwalL Possibly the same as St. Wilgith. Baring Gk)uld (Book of the WeH) says Welvela was abbess of Gulval near Penzance. Miss Amold-Forster (Dedi- cations) says the name is the same as Galwell or G^wold, a man. Stanton (Menohgy) says ber name occurs in tbe Exeter Litanies of the eleventb century. St Wendila, April 10, V. com- memorated in the manuscript additions to Greven, of the Gartbusians of Brussels. Unknown to the BoUandists. AA.SS. Stadler. St. Wendreda, or Wendreth, V. probably not later tban lltb century.