"The judge commanded the holy virgin to be exposed to prostitution in a brothel" house; but God rendered her immovable, so that the guards were not able to carry her thither. He also made her an over-match for the cruelty of the persecutors, in overcoming fire and other torments. After a long and glorious combat she died in prison of the wounds she had received,—about the year 304. She was honoured at Rome in the sixth century among the most illustrious virgins and martyrs, whose triumphs the church celebrates, as appears from the Sacramentary of St. Gregory, Bede, and others. Her festival was kept in England till the change of religion, as a holy day of the second rank, in which no work but tillage or the like was allowed."
"NO ONE'S BODY IS POLLUTED SO AS TO ENDANGER THE SOUL IF IT HAS NOT PLEASED THE MIND. IF YOU WERE TO LIFT MY HAND TO YOUR IDOL AND SO MAKE ME OFFER AGAINST MY WILL, I WOULD STILL BE GUILTLESS IN THE SIGHT OF THE TRUE GOD, WHO JUDGES ACCORDING TO THE WILL AND KNOWS ALL THINGS. IF NOW, AGAINST MY WILL, YOU CAUSE ME TO BE POLLUTED, A TWOFOLD PURITY WILL BE GLORIOUSLY IMPUTED TO ME. YOU CANNOT BEND MY WILL TO YOUR PURPOSE; WHATEVER YOU DO TO MY BODY, THAT CANNOT HAPPEN TO ME."