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St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr.
Published by Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati and St. Louis.
F A B I O L A; OR, THE CHURCH OF THE CATACOMBS,
By His Eminence Cardinal Wiseman.
HÆC, SUB ALTARI SITA SEMPITERNO, LAPSIBUS NOSTRIS VENIAM PRECATUR TURBA, QUAM SERVAT PROCERUM CREATRIX PURPUREORUM. Prudentius.
HERE, BENEATH THE ETERNAL ALTAR, LIES THAT THRONG OF ILLUSTRIOUS MARTYRS, WHO ASK PARDON FOR OUR SINS, AND OVER WHOM THE CITY THAT GAVE THEM BIRTH WATCHES.
A Historical Picture OF THE SUFFERINGS OF THE EARLY CHURCH IN PAGAN ROME, ILLUSTRATING THE as exemplified in the lives of The fair young Virgin, St. Agnes; the heroic Soldier, St. Sebastian; the devoted Youth, St. Pancratius; etc., etc. ILLUSTRATED EDITION. WITH A PREFACE BY Rev. Richard Brennan, LL.D., Pastor of St. Rose of Lima’s Church, New York. NEW YORK, CINCINNATI, AND ST. LOUIS: B E N Z I G E R B R O T H E R S, PRINTERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE. 1886.
Copyright, 1885, by Benziger Brothers. Electrotyped by SMITH & McDOUGAL, New York.
