ny chosen souls in the paths
of evangelical perfection. This appeared in the fruits of his zealous
preaching and labors, when he was raised to the abbatial, and soon after
to the episcopal dignity; for at that time, very few bishoprics being
erected in Scotland, it was customary for learned and holy abbots of
great monasteries to be often consecrated bishops, and to be attended by
their monks in performing their functions; as venerable Bede informs us,
speaking of St. Aidan.[1] St. Vimin, to shun the danger of vain-glory,
to which the reputation of many miracles which he had wrought exposed
him, removed to a more solitary place, and there founded the abbey of
Holywood, called in Latin Sacrum-boscum, in succeeding ages famous for
many learned men; particularly the great mathematician, John a
Sacro-bosco, in the thirteenth century. King places the death of St.
Vimin in 615, but brings no proofs for dating it so high. The noble and
very ancient family of Wemse, in Fifeshire, is said in Scotland to be of
the same lineage with this saint. The ancient prayer in the Aberdeen
breviary on his festival, and other monuments, bear evidence to the
great devotion of the ancient Scottish church to his memory. See
Breviarium Aberdonense of Chronicou Skonense.

Footnotes:
1. Bede, Hist. l. 4, c. 17, &c.

ST. PUBLIUS, B.M.

HE succeeded St. Dionysius the Areopagite in the see of Athens, as we
are assured by St. Dionysius of Corinth, quoted by Eusebius.[1] He went
to God by martyrdom, and St. Quadratus was chosen third bishop of that
city. See Le Quien, Or. Christ. t. 2, p. 169.

Footnotes:
1. Euseb. l. 4, c. 22.

ST. EPIPHANIUS, BISHOP OF PAVIA,

FROM 467 TO 497.

THE reputation of Epiphanius for sanctity and miracles, gave him the
highest credit with all the last weak Roman emperors, and with the kings
Odoacer and Theodoric, though all of opposite interests. By his
admirable eloquence and charity he often disarmed the most savage
barbarians, obtained the lives and liberty of whole armies of captives,
the abolition of several oppressive laws, and the mitigation of heavy
public imposts and taxes. By his profuse charities he preserved an
incredible number of distressed persons from perishing, and by his zeal
he stemmed the torrent of iniquity in times of universal disorder and
calamity. He performed an embassy to the emperor Anthemius, and another
to king Euric at Toulouse; both to avert the dangers of war. He rebuilt
Pavia, w