On Fri, 11 Sep 1998 17:06:27 -0700 (PDT) Clinton Atchley
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> Greetings all,
>
> Would anyone on the list know of any medieval sources for the legend of
> James Intercisus, the 5c Persian saint who was dismembered piece by piece
> during his martyrdom? I found a few sites on the Internet which contained
> information about him, one of which cites Butler's Lives, but this source
> is not early enough for my purposes. I haven't checked the Legenda Aurea
> yet because I don't have it at hand, but he may well be there. Does
> anyone know if James appears in the Sarum sanctoral? What I'm really
> interested in is the popularity/distribution of this story in the Middle
> Ages. Where would a 15c English preacher have found this story?
I happened to come across the name yesterday, and was puzzled by
it---nice to find out what it means. His legend _is_ in the _Legenda
Aurea_, and also appears, probably as a later addition, in a few MSS
of the _South English Legendary_; see Manfred Go"rlach, _Studies in
Middle English Saints' Legends_, Anglistische Forschungen 257
(Heidelberg: Winter, 1988), pp. 55-6.
Best wishes, Bella M.
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Bella Millett
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