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SHE was an Irish maiden of illustrious birth, and left her own country to consecrate herself to God. She was martyred in defence of her chastity in the place of her retirement in
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Capelle. In the wars in the fifteenth century her relics were translated to the abbey of regular canons of Hennin Lictard, between Douay and Lens, where she is honoured together with St. Proba her fellow martyr. See Stilting, ad 7 Sept. p. 80.
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