Lives and legends of the great hermits and fathers of the church, with other contemporary saints . e eve of his death enough bread fora farewell administration of the Sacrament to his request was granted, and having no altar on which toplace the sacred food, he used his own breast, thus exercisingat once the office of priest and victim. He died the next day,and his body was thrown into the sea with a stone roundthe neck; but a friendly dolphin is said to have taken it tothe shores of Bithynia, where it was reverently interred bythe Christians of that district. On account of these t
Lives and legends of the great hermits and fathers of the church, with other contemporary saints . e eve of his death enough bread fora farewell administration of the Sacrament to his request was granted, and having no altar on which toplace the sacred food, he used his own breast, thus exercisingat once the office of priest and victim. He died the next day,and his body was thrown into the sea with a stone roundthe neck; but a friendly dolphin is said to have taken it tothe shores of Bithynia, where it was reverently interred bythe Christians of that district. On account of these two detailsof his legend, St. Lucien is represented in art, consecrating thebread as described above, or with a dolphin beside him. Heis sometimes confounded with St. Lucien of Beauvais, who wasbeheaded a year or two before the death of his namesake, andis one of the Saints represented holding their own heads intheir hands. Another early martyr of the fourth century was the fellow-townsman of St. Lucien, St. Cyprian of Antioch, who, onaccount of his name being the same as that of the celebrated. [A/rzzo Gallery MADONNA AND CHILD, WITH ST. DONATO, ST. NICHOLAS, ANDOTHER SAINTS By Luca Signorelli To face p. 46 ST. CYPRIAN OF ANTIOCH 47 Bishop of Carthage, rarely receives the honour really due tohim. St. Cyprian of Antioch was a famous magician to whomresorted many lovers who wished to secure the return of theiraffections. Amongst his clients was a young heathen of noblebirth who was attached to a beautiful maiden named , being a Christian, rejected all her suitors, declaring herintention to dedicate her life to God. The magician tried allthe usual spells in vain, and was at last, it is related, informedby the devil himself that even he could do nothing againstthose who put their trust in the God of the Christians. Thiswas indeed a revelation to Cyprian, who determined to inquirefurther about the God whose power was greater than that ofthe Prince of Evil. He therefore at
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