f his
acquaintance. St. Chrysostom assures us, that his name was so venerable
to his flock at Antioch, that they gave it their children, and mentioned
it with all possible respect. They cut his image upon their seals, and
upon their plate, and carved it in their houses. His funeral was
performed at Constantinople with the utmost magnificence, and attended
by the fathers of the council, and all the Catholics of the city. One of
the most eminent among the prelates, probably St. Amphilochius of
Iconium, pronounced his panegyric in the council. St. Gregory of Nyssa
made his funeral oration in presence of the emperor, in the great
church, in the end of which he says, "He now sees God face to face, and
prays for us, and for the ignorance of the people." St. Meletius's body
was deposited in the church of the apostles, till it was removed before
the end of the same year, with the utmost pomp, to Antioch, at the
emperor's expense, and interred near the relics of St. Babylas, in the
church which he had erected in honor of that holy martyr. Five years
after, St. Chrysostom, whom our saint had ordained deacon, spoke his
elegant panegyric on the 12th of February, on which his name occurs in
the Menaea, and was inserted by Baronius in the Roman Martyrology; though
it is uncertain whether this be the day of his death, or of his
translation to Antioch. On account of his three banishments and great
sufferings, he is styled a martyr by St. John Damascen.[6] His
panegyrics, by St. Gregory of Nyssa, and St. Chrysostom, are extant. See
also Socrates, l. 5, c. 5, p. 261. Sozom. l. 4, c. 28, p. 586.
Theodoret, l. 3, c. 5, p. 128, l. 2, c. 27, p. 634. Jos. Assem. in Cal.
Univer. t. 6, p. 125.

Footnotes:
1. Prov. viii. 22.
2. St. Epiph. haer. 73, n. 29.
3. Hom. in St. Melet. t. 2.
4. Theod. l. 4, c. 23, 24. Sozom. l. 6, c. 17.
5. Socr. l. 5, c. 5. Sozom. l. 7, c. 3. Theodoret. l. 5, c. 22.
6. Or. 2. de Imagin.

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ST. EULALIA, OF BARCELONA, V.M.

THIS holy virgin was brought up in the faith, and in the practice of
piety, at Barcelona in Spain. In the persecution of Dioclesian, under
the cruel governor Dacian, she suffered the rack, and being at last
crucified on it, joined the crown of martyrdom with that of virginity.
Her relics are preserved at Barcelona, by which city she is honored as
its special patroness. She is titular saint of many churches, and her
name is given to several villages of Guienne and Languedoc, and other