ies frequent miracles to have been wrought by
them: Thorn and others confirm the same. Two churches in London bear her
name. See Thorn's Chronicle, inter Decem Scriptores, coll. 1770, 1783,
1906. Harpsfield: an old Saxon book, entitled, Narratio de Sanctis qui
in Anglia quiescunt published by Hickes, Thesaur., t. 1, in Dissert.
Epistolari, p. 116. Monast. Anglic. t. 1, p. 84. Stevens Supplem. vol.
1, p. 518. Reyneri Apostolat. Bened. t. 1, p. 61, and Lewis's History of
the isle of Thanet, (printed at London in 1723, in 4to.,) pp. 51, 62,
and in Append. n. 23.

Footnotes:
1. Eadbald, king of Kent, had by his queen Emma, daughter to a king of
the French, St. Eanswithe, (whose relics were venerated at
Folkstone, till the change of religion,) and two sons, Eorcombert
(afterwards king) and Eormenred, surnamed Clito. This last left four
children by his wife Oslave, namely, Eurmenburga and St.
Eormengitha, with two sons, St. Ethelred and St. Ethelbright. King
Eorcombert had, by his queen Sexburga, Egbert and Lothaire,
successively kings, and St. Eormenilda and St. Ercongota.
Eormenburga was surnamed Moldeva, as we are assured by the ancient
English Saxon account of these saints, published by Hickes: though
Capgrave frequently speaks of them as different women.
2. Leland, Collect. t. 1, p. 97.
3. L. 2, de Reg. Angl. c. 13.

ST. EUCHERIUS, BISHOP OF ORLEANS, C.

OUR saint's mother, who was a lady of eminent virtue, and of the first
quality at Orleans, while she was with child of him, made a daily
offering of him to God, and begged nothing for him but divine grace.
When he was born, his parents dedicated him to God, and set him to study
when he was but seven years old, resolving to omit nothing that could be
done towards cultivating his mind, or forming his heart. His improvement
in virtue kept pace with his progress in learning: he meditated
assiduously on the sacred writings, especially on St. Paul's manner of
speaking on the world, and its enjoyments, as mere empty shadows, that
deceive us and vanish away;[1] and took particular notice that the
apostle says, the wisdom of those who love the pleasures and riches of
this life is no better than folly before God. {438} These reflections at
length sunk so deep into his mind, that he resolved to quit the world.
To put this design in execution, about the year 714, he retired to the
abbey of Jumiege, on the banks of the Seine, in the dioc