[81] At Santa Ninfa, about thirteen miles from Rome.
[82] Florence knew S. Wulstan personally, as appears from his
account of his vigils. He says, "He sometimes went four days and nights
without sleep,--a thing we could hardly have believed, if we had not
heard it from his own mouth."
[83] S. Wulstan sometimes joked; but the specimen recorded by
Malmesbury is not striking for wit, nor for its reverence, wherefore I
give it in Latin. Being asked why he wore lamb's wool garments in
winter, instead of cat's skin like the other clergy he answered,
"Nunquam audivi cantari Cattus Dei, sed Agnus Dei; ideo non catto, sed
agno volo calefieri."
[84] So far William of Malmesbury, who abruptly closes, saying
that he will no longer torture the patience of his readers. What follows
is from Roger of Wendover.
[85] Dr. Rock: Church of our Fathers, II. p. 99, plate.
[86] Roger of Wendover, and Capgrave.
[87] This most striking incident is not mentioned by Florence
of Worcester, or William of Malmesbury, but occurs in Roger of Wendover
and Matthew of Westminster.
[88] Chronicle, lib. III.
[89] Florence of Worcester.
[90] Florence of Worcester.
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S. SEBASTIAN, _M., at Rome_, A.D. 303.
S. EUTHYMIUS THE GREAT, _Ab. in Palestine_, A.D. 473.
S. FECHIN, _Ab., at Fore, in Ireland_, A.D. 665.
S. MAUR, _B. of Cesena, in Italy, middle of 7th cent._
S. BENEDICT, _H., near Fiesole, in Italy_.