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of Bologna, S. Rose of Lima ; also of S. Anthony of Padua and 

 S. Nicholas Tolentino. All grew out of a saying of Christ 

 (Matt. XXV, 40). 



As already said, the clan of Hy Connaill held her in the 

 highest reverence, along with S. Senan. The "Life" says "tota 

 gens Huaconaill Sanctam tarn in matronem suani hie et in futuro 

 accepit," and, " Sancta Virgo, eandem gentem et terrain suam 

 multis henedictionibus benedixit." 



When it went to war with another tribe, the Cinraidh 

 Luachra, or the Corca Duibhne, her aid was invoked to curse the 

 enemy. As the camj)aigns proved successful, her hold on the 

 respect and affections of the clan became doubly secure. 



Ill her old age she was afEicted with cancer. This has been 

 represented by legend as her suffering from a stag-beetle that 

 devoured her side, and grew to the size of a pig. Her last 

 illness was most painful, but was borne with extraordinary 

 patience. Before her death she blessed not her own community 

 only, but also the clergy of the tribe to which she was attached. 



She died on January 15th, 569 or 570. 



This is her day in the Martyrologies. 



In the Salisbury Calendar, on January 15th, as "S. Dorothea 

 also called Sith." 



Whytford gives her on Jan. 15, as " Saynt Dorythy, that by 

 an other name is called Saynt Syth." 



In the Christ Church, Dublin, Martyrology, she is entered on 

 May 13, "Eodem die Sanctse Sithe, Virginis," but these words 

 are added in the margin in a hand of the 16th cent. In the 

 Calendar prefixed to the Chained Book of the Corporation of 

 Dablin, on this same day, "Sancta Sitha, Virgo." In a MS. 

 Breviary of the 15th cent, in the Library of Trinity College, 

 Dublin, on the same day, " Scite Virginis ix lect." She is, 

 however, everywhere else set down on Jan. 15. 



She is also called Mide, a contraction of Mo-Ith, My Itha. 



In an Indulgence granted by Bishop Stafford, Oct. 18, 1399, 

 to such as should pray for the soul of the Lady Mathilda 

 Chyverston, he speaks of the church of Egloscruc, " Sanctorum 

 Idi et Lidi, Martirorum," a clerical error. Ip. anothar document, 



