and finally destroyed by fire in 1834. St. Stephen's Chapel
was fitted up for the use of the House of Commons in the reign of Edward
IV. The great council of the nation met before in the chapel-house of
the abbey.

=St. Swithin=, tutor of King Alfred, and bishop of Winchester. The monks
wished to bury him in the chancel of the minster; but the bishop had
directed that his body should be interred under the open vault of
heaven. Finding the monks resolved to disobey his injunction, he sent a
heavy rain on July 15, the day assigned to the funeral ceremony, in
consequence of which it was deferred from day to day for forty days. The
monks then bethought them of the saint's injunction, and prepared to
inter the body in the churchyard. St. Swithin smiled his approbation by
sending a beautiful sunshiny day, in which all the robes of the
heirarchy[TN-145] might be displayed without the least fear of being
injured by untimely and untoward showers.

=Saints= (_Island of_), Ireland.

_Saints_ (_Royal_).

David of Scotland (*, 1124-1153).

Edward the Confessor (1004, 1042-1066).

Edward the Martyr (961, 975-979).

Eric IX. of Sweden (*, 1155-1161).

Ethelred I., king of Wessex (*, 866-871).

Eugenius I., pope (*, 654-657).

Felix I., pope (*, 269-274).

Ferdinand III. of Castile and Leon (1200, 1217-1252).

Julius I., pope (*, 337-352).

K[^a]ng-he, second of the Manchoo dynasty of China (*, 1661-1722).

Lawrence Justiniani, patriarch of Venice (1380, 1451-1465).

Leo IX., pope (1002, 1049-1054).

Louis IX. of France (1215, 1226-1270).

Olaus II. of Norway (992, 1000-1030).

Stephen I. of Hungary (979, 997-1038).

=Saints for Diseases.= These saints either ward off ills or help to
relieve them, and should be invoked by those who trust their power:--

AGUE. St. Pernel cures.

BAD DREAMS. St. Christopher protects from.

BLEAR EYES. St. Otilic cures.

BLINDNESS. St. Thomas [`a] Becket cures.

BOILS and BLAINS. St. Rooke cures.

CHASTITY. St. Susan protects.

CHILDREN'S DISEASES (_All_). St Blaise heals; and all cattle diseases.
The bread consecrated on his day (February 3) and called "the
Benediction of St. Blaise," should have been tried in the recent cattle
plague.

CHOLERA. Oola Beebee is invoked by the Hind[^u]s in this malady.

COLIC. St. Erasmus relieves.

DANCING MANIA. St. Vitus cures.

DEFILEMENT. St. Susan preserves from.

DISCOVERY OF LOST GOODS. St. Ethelbert and St Elian.