Lives and legends of the great hermits and fathers of the church, with other contemporary saints . ame and ministered to him, andDacian, fearing that his victim would after all pass away withhis spirit unbroken, sent orders that his friends should beallowed to visit him, in the hope that they might save his lifefor further sufferings. His wounds were bound up, and he waslaid upon a soft bed strewn with roses, but it was too late : hedied with a smile of triumph on his lips, and his soul wastaken up to heaven by angels, in the presence of those whowere left to mourn his loss. By order of the Pr
Lives and legends of the great hermits and fathers of the church, with other contemporary saints . ame and ministered to him, andDacian, fearing that his victim would after all pass away withhis spirit unbroken, sent orders that his friends should beallowed to visit him, in the hope that they might save his lifefor further sufferings. His wounds were bound up, and he waslaid upon a soft bed strewn with roses, but it was too late : hedied with a smile of triumph on his lips, and his soul wastaken up to heaven by angels, in the presence of those whowere left to mourn his loss. By order of the Proconsul the body of St. Vincent wasflung into a marsh outside the city, to be devoured by wildbeasts; but, adds the legend, a raven came and protectedit from injury, driving off all who approached it. It wasthen sewn up in a sack and taken out to sea, where it wasflung overboard with a millstone attached to it, but when thesailors got back to land, the body was found lying on thebeach in perfect preservation. There it was left, and thefriendly waves soon accomplished what man had failed to do,. Alinari photo\ [Palazzo Fuhblico, Siena ST. ANSANOBy Sodoma To fact p. 48 ST. VINCENT 49 burying it beneath the sand, as they do all things left to theirministrations. Many years afterwards the sacred remains werediscovered by some Christians, who took them to Valencia,where they were re-interred with all due reverence. In theeighth century, when the Moors drove the Christians out ofSpain, the latter took the body of the young martyr with them,and being driven by contrary winds on to the promontorynow know as Cape St. Vincent, they buried it there. Here itis said the grave was guarded by numerous ravens, who keptwatch over it day and night, their devotion being com-memorated in the name of El Monte de las Cuervas, given tothe place by the Spanish. In the twelfth century Alonzo Portugal had the relics removed to Lisbon, where theyfound a final resting-place in the cathedral. A pair o
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