Balica.
[St. Richard was an English prince, in the kingdom of the West
Saxons, which it is probable he renounced that he might dedicate
himself to the pursuit of Christian perfection. About the year
722, on his way to Rome, he died suddenly at Lucca in Italy. See
Butler's _Lives of the Saints_, Feb. 7.]
_Saint Irene or St. Erini._--Can any of your correspondents direct me to
where information may be found regarding the Saint Irene or St. Erini,
from whom the Grecian island of Santorin takes its name?
[Greek: S.]
Bristol Dec. 1. 1851.
[Irene, Empress of Constantinople, A.D. 797-802, was one of the
most extraordinary women in Byzantine history. The Greeks have
placed her among their saints, and celebrate her memory on the
15th of August. Consult Smith's _Dictionary of Greek and Roman
Biography and Mythology_, and Gibbon's _Decline and Fall_, chap.
xlviii.]
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