The boy travellers in southern Europe : adventures of two youths in a journey through Italy, southern France, and Spain, with visits to Gibraltar and the islands of Sicily and Malta (1893)
Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 158
^ is that he was a Christiansoldier of Cappadocia, and was putto death in the year 303. He wasvenerated both in the Eastern andWestern churches, and held in spe-cial respect as the patron of chiv-alry, which led to his adoption asthe tutelary saint of England. Heis honored as a martyr, and the … ON A SIDE STREET IN GENOA. 138 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE. story goes that he was put to death during the persecution under theEmperor Diocletian. The Enghsh soldiers chose him as their patronduring the first crusade, and he has been regarded as the guardiansaint of England from the time…
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