(A.D. 513.)
[Roman Martyrology, and the Benedictine Martyrology of Wyon.
Authority:--The Dialogues of S. Gregory the Great, lib. iv. c. 10,
from one who knew Spes.]
S. Spes was an abbot of a monastery, at a place called Cample, or
Campi, near Nursia, who was blind for forty years, and bore his
affliction with the greatest sweetness and patience. At the end of
that time his sight was restored to him for a brief space, and he
occupied this time in visiting the monasteries of his order. And on
the fifteenth day of his recovery he returned to his own house, and
calling the brethren together, and standing in their midst, he received
the Body and Blood of Christ, and then lifted up his voice to precent
the psalms. And as he and the brethren sang, his spirit fled, and the
brethren saw his blessed soul as a white dove soar up to the vault of
the church, which parted, and the dove ascended into the brightness
above.
[Illustration: Hope.]
March 29.
S. LIMINEUS, _M. at Clermont in Auvergne, circ._ A.D. 255.
SS. JONAS AND BARACHISIUS, _Monks MM. in Persia_, A.D. 327.
S. MARK, _B. of Arethusa, and_ S. CYRIL, _D.M. in Syria_, A.D. 362.
S. MARK OF ATHENS, _H. in Libya, 4th cent._
SS. ARMOGASTES, ARCHINIMUS, AND SATURUS, _MM. in Africa, circ._
A.D. 463.
S. GUNDLEUS OR GWYNLLYW FILWR, _K.H. in Wales, circ._ A.D. 529.
(_See Jan. 24th, S. Cadoc._)
S. EUSTACE, _Ab. of Luxeuil_, A.D. 625.
S. LUDOLF, _M.B. of Ratzeburg, in Germany_, A.D. 1201.
B. HUGO, _Mk. of Vaucelles, 13th cent._