Show FA FAMOUS IOUS l. l St Si who later Inter became became a I. I Euphrasia sla taken to Egypt by her sa saint nt was widowed mother and reared near a monastery monaster At the age of 7 the the pious child begged her mother for Tor permission to become a n. nun and her mother moth r readily assented The rhe latter died not long afterward and when news of or her de death th was carried carried to Emperor ho he sent for Euphrasia having promised her In Jn marrIa to a a. favorite young youn sen sen- ator The young woman noman however refused the tho alliance and requested that her her- estates should be he divided all her slaves among among- the poor and ani set free The emperor executed her executed her desires shortly before his death In I EuPhrasia warded off ort temptation It itis It is iq said ald bv by heavy labors such ns RS carrying stones stonE's from one place to another and it is in the performance perform perform- ance of this tM labor that she is usUally usUal usUal- ly v y portra portrayed ed She was only 30 years ol old oid when she he died In the year no |