place of torment.

The holy virgin, St. Clare, though a feeble woman, fought and
prevailed over the devil that came to her in the form of a black man.

St. Bernard cured persons possessed of devils, and he performed
miracles with a crook of St. Caesarius. The former used his staff as a
miracle-working instrument.

St. Giles was miraculously preserved by a hind sustaining him with her
milk in a cave; and such was the saint's care over the helpless
animal, that on two occasions he drew a line on the ground over which
a pack of hounds chasing the hind could not pass, although there was
nothing visible to restrain them.

St. Euphemia had her guardian angels that protected her from the
violence of her enemies, who sought to burn her in an oven full of
pitch, brimstone, and tow. She came out of the oven unhurt, but two
men who laid hands on her were consumed by the flames. Wild beasts
refused to devour her in their dens, and iron lost its force on her.
St. Euphemia's time came however, and she met her fate as a martyr
with Christian fortitude.

St. Francis' spirit appeared in a chariot of fire, sweeping through
the air. Over a city distracted by factions and civil broils, he saw
the devils very jocund, blowing the fire of discord. With a loud voice
he commanded the spirits to depart; they obeyed him, and the city was
restored to peace and concord.

St. Bridget possessed the faculty of witnessing angels, and enjoyed
the privilege of having them for her companions; nevertheless, she had
to sustain many conflicts with the devil. One time she saw Satan in a
dreadful shape, with a hundred hands and as many feet. Terrified, she
fled from the horrid monster and took shelter near a holy relic, where
she was safe. In a sad hour of affliction the spirit of St. Denis
appeared to her, and told her he would be her protector ever
afterwards. She certainly, if report be true, turned out to be a saint
endowed with extraordinary power, which enabled her to give sight to
the blind, hearing to the deaf, speech to the dumb, and health to the
sick; and, moreover, we are informed that she raised ten dead persons
to life. On account of these miracles, and for her most holy life,
Pope Boniface IX. canonised her, and put her in the number of the
saints.

St. Gregory of Tours recounts numerous miracles wrought by St. Denis
in life, and after his death. St. Teresa had glorious visions; and
after, in her walks and seclusions, had the company of