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Hewas born in the southern parts of England, and, from the example of hispious parents, inherited the most perfect spirit of Christian piety. Alcuin, l. ering, he shut himself up in his cell, and lived arecluse twelve years, almost continually weeping, in the perpetualmeditation of death. An account of this affair soon reached theears of the governor, who ordered the saint to be brought before him,and on his appea

Benedict to be followed in theabbey of Evesham, says of it: Which does not prevail in those parts. Four priests of this order received the crown ofmartyrdom in 1647, and a fifth, named Francis de Capillas, fro 19,) that the holy wood of the cross kept at Jerusalem, had, in thefew years since its invention by St. hat Felix was convinced that the design wasfrom God, and offered him his joint concurrence to carry it intoexecution.