and
the Elements--St. Catherine's Power over Evil
Spirits--St. Stanislaus' Miracles--A Dead Man giving
Evidence in a Court of Justice--The Dead refusing a
Renewal of Life--St. Philip Nerius and Evil
Spirits--Spirits ministering to St. Erasmus--St.
Norbert closing the Mouths of Evil Spirits--Story
relating to Henry I.--St. Margaret's Triumph--St.
Ignatius' Command over Devils--St. Stephen curing
Persons possessed of Devils--Satan's Hatred of St.
Dominick--St. Donatus endowing a Corpse with
Speech--St. Cyriacus, St. Largus, and St. Smaragdus,
the Martyrs--St. Clare--St. Bernard's Power--St.
Caesarius' Wonder-working Crook--St. Giles and the
Hind--St. Euphemia's Guardian Angels--St. Francis'
Spirit in Chariot of Fire--Devils blowing the Fire of
Discord--St. Bridget's Intercourse with Angels--St.
Denis' Spirit--St. Teresa and the Angels--St. Hilarian
a Match for Satan and his Sorcerers--Her Miracles--St.
Martin's Wonderful Power--St. Catherine's Body carried
by Angels to Mount Sinai--St. Francis Xaverius' Belief
in Virtue of Bells--St. Nicholas' Piety and
Powers--St. Ambrose's Power over Necromancers and
Spirits--St. Lucy raising her Mother from the
Dead--St. Anastasia sustained by Bread from
Heaven--St. Thomas enduring Martyrdom in Life and
after Death--Penance of Henry II.--Barbarous Conduct
of Henry VIII.--A Hungarian Legend.

If reliance can be placed on tradition and the writings of
biographers, good men (particularly those of them who took a leading
part in the ancient Church) were subjected to dreadful onslaughts by
Satan. Not only had they to contend with invisible spirits of
darkness, but they were compelled to carry on a continual warfare
with the devil, in corporeal shape, seeking to seduce them from their
faith. None were more frequently or fiercely assailed than the
canonised saints of the old Catholic Church. To their praise, however,
be it remembered, that almost invariably the Churchmen, sooner or
later, triumphed. Having good consciences, and being protected by
wonder-working relics, the saints defied the enemy of mankind. Those
seeking lengthened information on the subject should consult _The
Lives of the Saints, and the Calendars_, published by learned men, who
believed what they wrote, and spoke that which they thought to be
true. The s