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A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1890)

Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 61

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h. There was achurch in that city ded-icated to him. April 25, A. D. 86. St. Anna, the motherof the Blessed Virgin,whose name signifiesgracious, is much hon-ored in the Church, andnumerous miracles havebeen attributed to her.About 550, Justinian I.built a church at Con-stantinople, and dedi-cated… … m:^i^m;^Sii^i»i^>Smm>m\ 44 LEGENDS AND STORIES quillinus. His nurse, a Christian woman, named Maxima, had himsecretly baptized. His faith was not disclosed until he was nine-teen years old, Avhen he began to preach with great success. Hesuffered much during the persecution of Diocletian, and…

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