Then the old king entered into himself, and he resolved to lay aside his dignity and rule, and to devote the rest of his days to the custody of his soul. So he and his wife went to Rome to pray at the tomb of the Apostles, and Pope Gregory II. received them gladly; and he died there.
[21] The story is without any foundation in fact. The brothers were probably no relations to S. Patrick. According to the fabulous history of the relatives of S. Patrick, his pretended sister Tigridia had seventeen sons all bishops, priests, or monks, and five daughters all nuns. Some of Darerca's sons are attributed to Tigridia, and some to Liemania. Lupita, another pretended sister is said by some to have remained a consecrated virgin, by others to have been the mother of bishops.
[23] It is only found in Malmesbury's English Chronicle, lib. i., c. 2; and is not found in all copies of Malmesbury.
[Illustration: S. Amandus. See page 184.]
S. CHRYSOLIUS, _B. M. in Flanders_, A.D. 302. SS. ADAUCTUS AND COMPANIONS, _MM. at Antandris, circ._ A.D. 303. S. AUGULUS, _B. M. in London_. SS. ONE THOUSAND AND THREE MARTYRS AT NICOMEDIA, _circ._ A.D. 302. S. MAXIMUS, _B. of Nola_ (_see_ S. FELIX, _Jan. 15_). S. THEODORE, _M. at Heraclea_, A.D. 319. S. PARTHENIUS, _B. of Lampsacus, 4th cent._ S. MOSES, _B. of the Saracens in Arabia, end of 5th cent._ SS. MOSES AND SIX MONKS, _MM. in Egypt, 5th cent._ S. JULIANA, _W. at Bologna, circ._ A.D. 435. S. TRESAN, _P. C. of Mareuil, 6th cent._ S. LAURENCE, _B. of Manfredonia, circ._ A.D. 550. S. FIDELIS, _B. of Merida, circ._ A.D. 570. S. MELDAN, _B. at Peronne, end of 6th cent._ S. RICHARD, _C. at Lucca_, A.D. 719. S. LUKE THE YOUNGER, _C. at Soterio, in Greece, circ._ A.D. 946. S. ROMUALD, _Ab. Founder of the Order of Camaldoli, circ._ A.D. 1027.
[Molanus in his additions to Usuardus. Ferrarius in his General Catalogue of Saints. Authorities:--The Lections in use in the Church of Comines.]
On this day at Comines, in Flanders, is celebrated the Feast of S. Chrysolius, the patron of the church, who is said to have founded the first sanctuary of the B. Virgin in Flanders. This saint, a native of Armenia, accompanied S. Piatus and S. Quentin in their apostolic mission to France and Belgium. From Tournai he started on a preaching expedition through Flanders, but the pagans cut off his scalp, in derision of his tonsure, at Vrelenghem, and he died at Comines, two leagues distant, on the river Lys. His body was taken up by S. Eligius, and is, to this day, honoured in the collegiate church there, originally erected under the invocation of Our Lady.