medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (30. September) is the feast day of:
Sophia (?) Holy Wisdom- a virtue rather than an individual. But a human
Sophia was created to satisfy the less theogically minded. According to
this legendary account, Sophia was a widow from Milan, who came to Rome
with her daughters Fides, Spes, and Caritas, to be martyred. The daughters
were indeed killed (commemorated on 1. August); Sophia buried their bodies
and died a natural death shortly thereafter. (In another account, she was
martyred too.)
Ursus (d. c. 303) Ursus, in legend, was member of the Theban Legion.
When the legion was killed, Ursus and his companion Victor managed to
escape, but were killed in Solothurn (Switzerland).
Jerome (d. 419 or 420) One of the four Latin fathers of the church, Jerome
was one of the greatest Christian theologians, gave monastic life a strong
impetus in western Europe, and influenced the shape and thought of western
Christianity for many centuries through his translation of the Bible---the
Vulgate. Jerome was born in c. 347 in Dalmatia, later coming to Rome,
where he studied and was baptized. In 370 he joined a circle of ascetic
friends in Aquileia. But already in 373 he began a series of pilgrimages
to the East. He became a priest in Antioch and lived for a time in a
monastic community near Aleppo. In 382 Jerome returned to Rome, where he
became Damasus I's secretary, and apparently hoped to become Damasus'
successor as pope. Disappointed in this hope, Jerome and a circle of pious
women left Rome together in 385, settling in 386 in Bethlehem. Jerome went
on to found a series of religious houses for both men and women, and to
study and write. His relics have been in S. Maria Maggiore in Rome since
the late 13th cent.
Honorius of Canterbury (d. 653) The Roman Honorius came to England as a
missionary in 601. In 627 Paulinus of York consecrated him as bishop of
Canterbury; in 634 Pope Honorius I made him archbishop.
Laurus (Lery) (d. late 7th cent.) Laurus was a Welshman who migrated to
Brittany, where he founded and led a monastery originally named St-Malo,
but later called St-Lery.
Tancred, Torthred, and Tova (d. 870) T, T, and T (Tova was a woman) lived
together as hermits in Thorney (England), and were killed there by Danish
raiders. A strong cult developed in Thorney from c. 1000.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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