The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-15

into prison by order of Berengarius
III. Ohio I. of Germany raise an
army and marched to her release.
She escaped and met him on the way.
Otho made a treaty with Berengarius
and married Alice. But the treaty
was soon broken. Otho sent Beren-
garius prisoner to Germany, and
caused himself to be crowned empe-
ror at Rome. He uied after a reign
of thirty-six years, leaving a son,
Ohio H., to succeed him. Otho mar
'ried second time, and under the in
fuence of this second vile, banished
his good mother from the court. He
died after a reign of nine years and
his wife, having made Alice as un-
happy as she could for some years,
finally died too and Alice was made
regent. From this time she devoted
herself to good works, and built
many religious houses. She died at
Salcis while on a journey Dec. 16,
999.
st. Anastasia perished in the flames
in the persecution of Diocletian. She
suffered great persecution from her
husband and family because she
openly professed Christianity. She
was Roman lady, though she has
great fame in the Greek Church.
Just under the Palatine hill, at
Rome, is a church dedicated to this
saint. There is one also at Verona.
She died Dec. 25, 304.
st. Barbara was an Egyptian. Her
father was rich and noble, and loved
his only daughter SO fondly that he
shut her up in high tower lest she
should attract suitors by her beauty.
Here she passed her time in study
and became convinced that the idols
which she had been taught to wor-
ship did not create the world. Hav-
ing heard of one of the most eminent
of the Christian Fathers, Origen, she
sent by trusty servant asking him to
teach her. He sent teacher dis
guised as a physician, who instructed
her, and finally baptized her. Her
father would have killed her, but she
fed to the top of tower, and angels
concealed her and bore her away to
a place of safety. A shepherd be-
trayed her; her father seized her
a second time, carried her to noun
tain near the city and beheaded her.
Immediately great tempest arose,
and the lightning entirely consumed
the father. She was beheaded De-
cember A, A. D. 303.
st. Eulalia was but twelve years
old at the time of the publication of
the edict of Diocletian. She went to
the prefect who judged the Christians
and reproached him for his cruelty and
impiety. The judge seized her, placed
on one side of her the instruments
of torture, on the other the offerings
for the idol. She trampled the offer
ings under her feet, threw down the
idol and spat at the judge. She was
then tortured to death, and as she
died, white dove issued from her
mouth and few to heaven. She was
tortured December 10, which day is
sacred to her memory.
Then there was st. Eloy, of Nogon,
in France, who was remarkable for
his eloquence. He was sent to preach
in Belgium, and by some is believed
to have been the first to carry the
Gospel to Sweden and Denmark. 1t
is believed that once when he was
being tempted he seized the devil by
the nose with his hot tongs. One of
the miracles attributed to this saint
is that of horse being brought to him
to be shod, which was possessed by
the devil; he cut off the leg and quiet
ly put on the shoe; this being done,
he made the sign of the cross and re-
placed the leg, to the great astonish-
ment of all. The reader is of course
at liberty to take this story with as
many grains of allowance as his con-
stitution may require. AS for our
self we believe in the great astonish-
ment of all who saw it done. This
wonderful saint died December /,
A. d. $50.
OSHKOSH, WIS