ST See also:

• ST PELAGIA

PELAGIA  . An Antiochene See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint of this name, a virgin of fifteen years, who See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose See also:

• DEATH

death by a leap from the housetop rather than dishonour, is mentioned by See also:

• AMBROSE (AMBROISE), AUTPERT (d.' 778)
• AMBROSE (ANDREY SERTIS-KAMENSKIY) (1708-1771)
• AMBROSE (fl. 119o)
• AMBROSE, ISAAC (1604-1663/4)
• AMBROSE, SAINT (c. 340-307)

Ambrose (De virg. iii . 7, 33; Ep. See also:

• XXXVII

xxxvii. ad Simplic.), and is the subject of two sermons by See also:

• CHRYSOSTOM

Chrysostom . Her festival was celebrated on the 8th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October (See also:

• WRIGHT, CARROLL DAVIDSON (1840-1909)
• WRIGHT, CHAUNCEY (1830-1875)
• WRIGHT, JOSEPH (1734-1797)
• WRIGHT, SILAS (1795-1847)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1809–1884)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1810—1877)
• WRIGHT, WILLIAM ALDIS (1836– )

Wright's See also:

• SYRIAC

Syriac See also:

• MARTYROLOGY

Martyrology) . In the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek synaxariathe same See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day is assigned to two other See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

saints of the name of See also:

• PELAGIA, ST

Pelagia—one, also of See also:

• ANTIOCH

Antioch, and sometimes called Margarito and also " the. sinner "; the other, known as Pelagia of See also:

• TARSUS (mod. Tersous)

Tarsus, in See also:

• CILICIA

Cilicia . The See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend of the former of these two is famous . She was a celebrated dancer and courtesan, who, in the full See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower of her beauty and guilty See also:

• SOVEREIGNTY

sovereignty over the youth of Antioch, was suddenly converted by the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the See also:

• HOLY

holy See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop See also:

• NONNUS (Egyptian for " saint ")

Nonnus, whom she had heard See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching in front of a See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church which she was passing with her See also:

• GAY, JOHN (1685-1732)
• GAY, MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE (1776-1852)
• GAY, WALTER (1856– )

gay See also:

• TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

train of attendants and admirers . Seeking out Nonnus, she overcame his canonical scruples by her tears of genuine penitence, was baptized, and, disguising herself in the garb of a male penitent, retired to a grotto on the See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount of See also:

• OLIVES, MOUNT OF, or MOUNT OLIVET ("Opus 'EXc uwos or riov 'EXauav; mod. Jebel-et-Tur)

Olives, where she died after three years of strict See also:

• PENANCE (Old Fr. penance, fr. Lat. poenitentia, penitence)

penance . This See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story seems to combine with the name of the older Pelagia some traits from an actual See also:

• HISTORY

history referred to by Chrysostom (See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

Horn. in Matth. lxvii . 3) . In associating St Pelagia with St Marina, St See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret (q.v.), and others, of whom either the name or the legend recalls Pelagia, See also:

• HERMANN, JOHANN GOTTFRIED JAKOB (1772–1848)
• HERMANN, KARL FRIEDRICH (1804–1855)

Hermann Usener has endeavoured to show by a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of subtle deductions that this saint is only a See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• TRAVESTY (Fr. travestie, from travestir, to disguise, se travestir, to change one's clothes; Lat. trans, across, and vestire, to clothe)

travesty of See also:

• APHRODITE

Aphrodite . But there is no doubt of the existence of the first Pelagia of Antioch, the Pelagia of Ambrose and Chrysostom .

The legends which have subsequently become connected with her name are the result of a very See also:

• COMMON

common development in See also:

• LITERARY

literary history . See Acta sanctorum, October, iv . 248 seq . ; H . Usener . Legenden der heiligen Pelagia (See also:

• BONN

Bonn, 1879) ; H . Delehaye, The Legends of the Saints (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1907), pp . 197-205 . (H .