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monk_n of_o mount_n marsico_n 17._o of_o a_o monk_n dwell_v in_o the_o mountain_n call_v argentario_n who_o raise_v up_o a_o dead_a man_n 18._o of_o bennet_n the_o monk_n 19_o of_o the_o church_n of_o s._n zeno_n the_o martyr_n into_o which_o the_o swell_a water_n come_v not_o any_o further_a than_o to_o the_o door_n 20._o of_o steven_n a_o priest_n in_o the_o province_n of_o valeria_n 21._o of_o a_o nun_n that_o with_o her_o only_a authority_n dispossess_v a_o devil_n 22._o of_o a_o priest_n in_o the_o province_n of_o valeria_n that_o hold_v a_o thief_n at_o his_o sepulchre_n 23._o of_o the_o abbot_n of_o mount_n preneste_n and_o his_o priest_n 24._o of_o theodorus_n clerk_n of_o s._n peter_n church_n in_o rome_n 25._o of_o abundius_a clarcke_n of_o the_o same_o church_n 26._o of_o a_o solitary_a moncke_n 27._o of_o fourtye_n country_n man_n that_o be_v martyre_v because_o they_o will_v not_o eat_v flesh_n sacrifice_v to_o idol_n 28._o of_o a_o great_a multitude_n of_o captive_n 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