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THE WORKS OF SIR DAVID LINDSAY
Elizabeth, St : Mon. 5688, " Elezabeth.”
Mother of John the Baptist (Luke 1,). Day: Novembers.
Eloy, St : see Eligius, St.
Fillan, St: Hist. Sq. Meldrum 131, " be Sanct Fillane ” ; Sat. 1947,
"be Sanct Fillane.” Cf. Sat. 1869 [160Z], "Sanct Mavane” [q.v.],
[Bann. MS.] " sanct fillane.”
St Foelan, Foilan, Fillan. Son of St Kentigerna, and kinsman of
St Comgan ; eighth century. Went to Scotland, and died at the place
now called Strathfillan, Argyllshire. Day: January 9.
Francis, St : Mon. 2290, " Sanct Frances, with his woundis fyue ” ;
Mon. 2533, " sanct Frances ” ; Mon. 5682, " sanct Francois."
St Francis of Assisi, 1182-1226. Life too full for brief note. In
1224, on Mount Alvernia, he received the Stigmata, or impression on
his flesh of the five wounds of our Lord. Day : October 4.
Gabriel, St: Mon. 2378, "For gude nouellis, as I heir tell,/Sum
takis thare gait to Gabrieli.”
One of the three angels—Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael—for whom
the Church assigns a day. Sent to Zachary to announce the birth of
John the Baptist (Luke i. 11-19), and to the Virgin Mary to tell her
she would be the mother of Christ (Luke i. 26). Day : March 18.
Geill, St : see Giles, St.
George, St : Hist. Sq. Meldrum 424, " Sanct Georges Croce ” ; Mon.
2304, " Sanct George, vpone ane hors rydand.”
Probably the unnamed martyr who tore up the edict of Diocletian.
Cf. Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, viii. 5. Too well known for fuller
note. Day : April 23.
Germanus, St : Mon. 2371, " [Sum] to sanct Germane, to get remeid/
For maladeis in to thare heid.”
St Germain, Bishop of Auxerre. Born 378. Studied Civil Law, and
became governor of his province. Converted, and in 418 received
orders, and became Bishop of Auxerre. Assisted the British bishops to
combat the Pelagian heresy, and when at Verulam a Romano-British
tribune and his wife brought their blind daughter to him. He restored
the girl’s sight by touching her eyes with his reliquary. Many other
miracles, including raising the dead. Died at Ravenna, 448. Day:
July 31.
Giles, St : Complaynt 107, " be sanct Geill ” ; Sat. 2016, " be sweit
Sanct Geill" ; Sat. 2698, 3091, " be Sanct Geill ” ; Sat. 3956, " sweit
Sanct Geill ” ; Mon. 2288, " Ane hynde sett vp besyde sanct Geill."
Said to have been born a Greek. Life partly fabulous, even the
popular story that one day Childebert, King of the Franks, while
hunting, chased a doe to a cave, where he found an old man who lived
on its milk. In art he is represented in hermit’s dress, with the hind