Baring-Gould’s sources: Menardus. Surius, and Bucelinus, on April 1st. But also Menardus again on July and, and Bucelinus on July 8th. S. Procopius died on March 25th. But at Prague on July 4th. Authority A life written by a contemporary anonymous writer, published by the Bollandists.J The saint whose life has now to be written is one very popular in Bohemia. He was bom of parents in a middle condition of life, at Chotins, and was early given a canonry in Wissegrad, the cathedral of Prague. But desiring a more quiet life and a closer walk with God than was attainable in the capital, he retired to a cave in the forest, which lay between Chrudim and the Sazawa river, a cave inhabited “by a thousand devils,” who however fled before the presence of the hermit There, in the stillness of the forest, Procopius spent several years, undisturbed save by the fawn that came at eve to drink of the clear river that rippled round the rock in which the cave was formed, and by the homed owls that lodged in the rents of the crag and hooted at night But one summer's day as Procopius was cutting down branches of oak to supply his winter fire, a terrified stag bounded up and took refuge behind him, pursued by Duke Ulric of Bohemia and his hounds. The duke was astonished to find a hermit in this wildemesst and willingly gave him land, and sent brethren to range themselves under the direction of the holy solitary. In course of time Procopius moved to an abbey of Benedictines in Prague, and was constituted abbot He died there in the odour of sanctity on March 25th, 1053; and his relics are preserved at Prague to this day, and held in great veneration.