Goldilocks. _Polytricum Commune._
Dedicated to _St. Jane_.
Indian Bay. _Laurus Indica._
Dedicated to _St. Margaret of England_.
~February 5.~
Holiday at the Exchequer.
_St. Agatha._ _The Martyrs of Japan._ _The Martyrs of China._ _St.
Avitus_, Archbishop, A. D. 525. _St. Alice_, or _Adelaide_, A. D.
1015. _St. Abraamius_, Bishop of Arbela.
_St. Agatha._
This saint, who is in the calendar of the church of England, was a
Sicilian martyr about the year 251. Butler relates, that before her
death she was tortured, and being refused physicians, St. Peter himself
came from heaven, healed her wounds, and filled her prison with light.
He also as gravely states, that several times when Catana was in danger
from the eruptions of mount Ætna, her veil carried in procession averted
the volcanic matter from the city.
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