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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 that_o be_v slay_v because_o they_o will_v not_o adore_v a_o goat_n head_n 29._o of_o a_o arrian_n bishop_n strike_v blind_a 30._o of_o a_o church_n of_o the_o arrian_n consecrate_v catholicklye_o in_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n 31._o of_o ermigildus_n the_o son_n of_o livigildus_n king_n of_o the_o visegothe_n put_v to_o death_n by_o his_o father_n for_o the_o catholic_a faith_n 32._o of_o certain_a bishop_n of_o africa_n that_o have_v for_o defence_n of_o the_o catholic_a faith_n their_o tongue_n cut_v out_o by_o the_o arrian_n and_o yet_o speak_v as_o perfect_o as_o they_o do_v before_o 33._o of_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n eleutherius_fw-la 34._o how_o many_o kind_n of_o compunction_n there_o be_v 35._o of_o amantius_n a_o priest_n in_o the_o country_n of_o tuscania_n 36._o of_o maximianus_n bishop_n of_o siracusa_n 37._o of_o sanctulus_n a_o priest_n in_o the_o province_n of_o nursia_n 38._o of_o a_o vision_n which_o appear_v to_o redemptus_fw-la bishop_n of_o ferenti_fw-la the_o 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