Baring-Gould’s sources: Roman Martyrology; a double feast at Naples. Authority:—His life written about the year 800, consequently not implicitly to be relied on J According to the legend related of this bishop of Naples, he called a dead man to life under peculiar circumstances; but as the life of Severus was not written till some four hundred years after his death, we have not evidence upon which we can rely to determine if it rests on any foundation of truth. A man of Naples one day went to the bathing establishment and forgot to take with him the usual fee to the proprietor, an egg. 1 The bath-owner refused to let him out till he paid, but at last the man promised solemnly to send the fee directly he returned home, and was then allowed to go. On reaching home he forgot his promise, and died a few days after. The owner of the bath thereupon brought a claim upon the widow for a large sum of money which he pretended that the deceased had owed him, and the judge ordered that, as the poor woman could not pay, she and her children should be sold. The widow fled to S. Severus and implored his assistance. He asked her if the deceased had owed anything to the bath-owner. She replied that she believed he had said something about owing him a trifle, but contended that it was not a large sum. Then Severus said, “ The dead man himself shall give evidence.” So he gave his bell to the deacon and bade him run through Naples and summon all men to the tomb, and he took his staff and went thither himself. And when a crowd was gathered, he prayed to God to make manifest the truth, and then he called to the dead man to answer him truly, how much he owed the bath-keeper. Then the corpse opened its eyes, 1 0r perhaps a piece of money which from its form may hare been commonly called an egg, truum.

•S'. Erkonwold. and rose and said, “ I owe but one egg," then fell back again and was rigid as before. The people gave a shout and fell upon the bath-owner, and would have tom him to pieces, had not the bishop protected him. S. Severus erected many churches at Naples, amongst others, one in the city, the apse of which he adorned with mosaics representing Christ and the Apostles, and seated Prophets beneath them, an interesting description of which is given in the life of the Saint.