The Life of Saint Severinus by Eugippius.

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I. How in the beginning Saint Severinus won fame
in the town which is called Asturis/ by wholesome
exhortation to good works and by most veracious
prophecy.
II. Of the town Comagenis, which he miraculously
freed from the enemy.
III. How through his prayer God came to the aid
of the inhabitants of the little city Favianis, who had
long suffered from famine.
IV. Of the barbarian robbers, who lost their booty
which they had taken without the walls of Favianis,
and all their weapons too; or, Of his mode of life and
surpassing humility.
V. In how great reverence he was held by the king
of the Rugii, Flaccitheus; or, How Flaccitheus was
delivered from the ambushes of the foe by the oracle.
VI. Of the Rugian widow's only son, who suffered
tortures of pain for twelve years, and was healed
through the prayer of the man of God.
VII. How the youth Odoacer, clad in wretched
hides, was
III. That Feletheus, sometimes called Feva, king
of the Rugii, son of Flaccitheus, mentioned above, for
fear of Saint Severinus forbade his wicked wife to
rebaptize Catholics; or, What danger she ran of losing
her little son Fredericus one day when she had spurned
the saint's intercession for certain persons.
IX. Of the bearer of the remains of Saint Gervasius
and Saint Protasius the martyrs, made known by the
marvellous revelation of the man of God; or. With
what reply he refused the honorable office of bishop
when he was asked to accept it.
X. Of a janitor who was one day forbidden to go out
anywhere, then was taken by the barbarians, and
humbly restored by them.
XL Of the miracle which was wrought in the
castle of CuculKs, where the tapers were Hghted by
divine power, and the sacrilegious, who had at first
concealed themselves, were manifested and amended.
XIL How the locusts were expelled from the territory
of the castle of Cucullis, after God had been propitiated
by fasting and prayer and almsgivings; while
the patch of corn of a certain poor man, an unbelieving
scorner, was swept bare.
XIII. How the taper was Hghted in the hand of
the man of God as he prayed, when the fire required
by custom for the evening service of praise was not
found.
XIV. Of the wondrous healing of the woman
whose Hfe was despaired of; who, after a terrible and
long continued sickness, was so fully restored to health
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by the prayer of the man of God that on the third day
she sturdily betook herself to labor in the fields.
XV. How upon the posts sustaining the river side
of the church, which the water at flood often more than
covered, the servant of God, praying, cut with an axe
the sign of the cross; and how thereafter the water
never rose above the cross.
XVI. Of Silvinus the priest who died; and how,
after they had watched through the night at his bier,
the corpse, being addressed, immediately opened his
eyes, and asked the servant of God, at whose voice he
had come to life, that he be not further deprived of the
rest which he had tasted.
XVII. How he ministered unto the poor with
anxious care; or. That the Norici also were wont to
send tithes to him for distribution; and that when
these were brought to him according to custom, he
foretold that danger threatened those who had delayed
to send.
XVIII. How the rust, which had appeared and was
about to ruin the harvests, was driven away by the
man of God through fasting and prayer.
XIX. That Gibuldus, king of the Alamanni, was
smitten with great trembling in the presence of the
servant of God, and restored a multitude of captives.
XX. How the murder of the soldiers was revealed
to him, and how he sent his people, who did not know
of it, to the river to bury the bodies.
XXI. As the priest Paulinus, who had come to him
Noricum.
XXII. That when relics were being sought for a
new church, he foretold of his own accord that he
should bring to the church the blessing of Saint John
the Baptist, and that in that town while he was away
there was to be a massacre; in which massacre the
gabbling priest was killed in the baptistery.
XXIII. How he received the reUcs of Saint John
the Baptist.
XXIV. Of the inhabitants of another town, who
scorned his prophetic commands and directly were
slain by the HeruH, because though forewarned they
would not leave the place.
XXV. How he sent letters to Noricum and fortified
the castles with fastings and almsgivings; and how
the incursion of the enemy which he foretold was not
able to harm the castles.
XXVI. Of the cleansed leper, who begged not to be
sent back home, lest he might fall into the leprosy of
sin.
XXVII. Of the victory which the Romans won at
Batavis over the Alamanni through the prayer of
Saint Severinus; and how after the triumph those
who scorned to follow his warning prophecy were
slain.
XXVIII. How as the servant of God was ministering
unto the poor, the oil appeared to increase.
XXIX. Of the men of Noricum who carried on
their shoulders loads of clothing to be given to the
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poor; how in midwinter the bear guided them through
the snows of the desert to human habitations; and
how the man of God, with his wonted gift of revelation,
knew what had led them.
XXX. How he divined that the foe would come the
next night against the city of Lauriacum, and with
difficulty persuaded the citizens, who dwelt in false
security, to keep watch ; and how in the morning they
declared that he had done well, and thanked him, and
asked pardon for their unbelief.
XXXI. How he met Feva, king of the Rugii, who
was coming up against Lauriacum with his army, and
received the peoples in his guardian care, to conduct
them to the lower towns, i. e., those nearer the Rugii.
XXXIL How King Odoacer requested that he
should ask him some favor, and at the word of the
servant of God recalled one Ambrosius from exile; and
how the servant of God foretold to the king's flatterers
how many years he was to reign.
XXXIII. Of the son of one of the nobles of the
king of the Rugii, who in the town Comagenis was
made whole by the prayer of the man of God.
XXXIV. How a leper, Tejo by name, was cleansed.
XXXV. Of Bonosus the monk, who, when he
complained of weak eyes, was told by the saint, '' Pray
rather that thou may see more with the heart " : and
thereupon he earned a wonderful power of endurance
in prayer.
XXXVI. Of the three proud monks, whom he
delivered to Satan, that their spirits might be saved.
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As to this matter he rendered a most faithful account
in its own place, quoting the examples of two of the
Fathers.
XXXVII. How he signified the hour of tribulation
of Marcianus and Renatus, his monks, which
they underwent while in another province; and enjoined
prayer upon the other brothers, who were with
him.
XXXVIII. Of the dangers of the deadly pustule,
which by revelation he foretold forty days in advance
was to come to Ursus the monk, and which he healed
by prayer.
XXXIX. Of the saint's habitation, his bed also
and diet, a few things are briefly mentioned.
XL. How, when through the revelation of God he
perceived that his departure was near, he spoke to
King Feva and the wicked queen, and ceased not to
forewarn his own followers of his death: foretelling
that a general removal of the people was at hand, and
commanding that his body should be carried away at
the same time.
XLI. How he expressly announced even the day
of his death to Saint Lucillus the priest.
XLIL How he adjured Ferderuchus, brother of
King Feva; and advised his own followers.
XLIII. Of his death; or. What advice he gave his
followers in his long final exhortation.
XLIV. What Ferderuchus wrought against the
monastery after his decease; how Ferderuchus was
punished; how the saint's oracle was fulfilled by the
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prosperous migration of the people; how his body was
disinterred and removed in a wagon.
XLV. Of the healing at that time of many infirm
persons. A recital of individual cases is omitted; only
the story of one dmnb man is told, who was made
whole by praying under the wagon, while the body yet
remained on it.
XLVI. Of the faith of Barbaria, a lady of rank,
who built a mausoleum for the body; and of the
reception by the people of Naples. Although many
were then healed of divers diseases, the particulars are
related in three instances only.