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In these islandsformerly stood a great number of holy monasteries, the chief of whichwas Kirkwall. Porphyrius, to screen himselfand his flock from their outrages and vexations, had recourse to theemperor's protection. Sigebert in his youth was beloved andrespected by his subjects, and feared by all his enemies. Paul thedeacon relates, that after the saint's death, Peter the deacon, his mostintimate friend, testified that he had seen in a vision,

Theprincipal ancient divinities of Egypt were Apis, called also Osiris,once a great king and benefactor of that country, who The abbot ordered him to remain without the gate, and toprostrate himself at the feet of everyone that passed by, begging theirprayers for his soul struck with a leprosy. These excessive watchings brought on him an insomnie, or wakefulness,which was cured with very great difficulty. FROM her infancy she was a model of humility, meekness, modesty, anddevotion.