. Legends of the monastic orders : as represented in the fine arts. mplete armour; St. Severinus, an obscure saint considered as the first apostle of Austria (whose relics are honouredat San Severino in Naples), in the Benedictine habit; , as pilgrim (one of the earliest missionaries), St. 1048. Poppo, as abbot of Stavelo (of whom it is recorded that hepersuaded the Emperor St. Henry to abolish the barbarous combats between men and beasts); and St. Otho, as bishopof Bamberg. Another rare and curious woodcut by Albert Durer repre-sents the Emperor Maximilian on
. Legends of the monastic orders : as represented in the fine arts. mplete armour; St. Severinus, an obscure saint considered as the first apostle of Austria (whose relics are honouredat San Severino in Naples), in the Benedictine habit; , as pilgrim (one of the earliest missionaries), St. 1048. Poppo, as abbot of Stavelo (of whom it is recorded that hepersuaded the Emperor St. Henry to abolish the barbarous combats between men and beasts); and St. Otho, as bishopof Bamberg. Another rare and curious woodcut by Albert Durer repre-sents the Emperor Maximilian on his knees before theFirst Person of the Trinity, who stands on a raised throne,• arrayed as a high priest, and holding the orb of Maximilian stands the Virgin with the infant Christ;she is saying Lord, save the king, and hear us when rce callupon thee! St. Andrew, kneeling on his jewelled cross,St. Barbara, St. George, St. Leopold, St. Sebastian, and StMaximilian, appear to be assisting the emperor in hisdevotions. ST. FERDINAND OF CASTILE. 1. St. Ferdinand of Castile was the son of Alphonso, king Eisantoof Leon, and Berengaria of Castile. After a union of several DonWyears, and the birth of four children, Alphonso and Berengaria ^nSwere separated by a decree of the Pope, because, being within May 30the prohibited degrees of consanguinity, they had marriedwithout a dispensation. Their children were, however, declaredlegitimate. Berengaria returned to her father, the king ofCastile, and lived retired in his court; but she exercised duringher whole life an extraordinary influence over the mind of hereldest son, Ferdinand, and his obedience to her even to thehour of his death was that of a docile child. When Berengariasucceeded to the throne of Castile, she gave up her rights to her 188 LEGENDS OF THE MONASTIC ORDERS. son, and shortly afterwards on the death or his father he suc-ceeded to the throne of Leon, thus uniting for ever the twokingdoms; and from this
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