Your mention of the abbey of Ainay at Lyons brought back fond memories.
I spent a month in Lyons and did a research project on Saint-Martin
d'Ainay. It's not in a class with Moissac, Souillac, Autun, etc. but it
is well worth a look. There is quite a bit of 12th-c. sculpture still in
place, especially in the sanctuary. Unfortunately it's largely ignored
in favor of some of the splashier splendors. Vienne, a half hour away
from Lyons, also has some marvelous treasures.
Thanks for the saints. With all those to chosse from, I bet today's Mass
will still be a boring green one.
Best,
Kathryn
Bill East wrote:
>
> Interim Saints - February 28th.
>
> A number of people have lamented the (hopefully temporary) absence of
> the saints from our list. Until the heavily-burdened Carolyn can
> resume her column, I hope nobody will think I have acquired ideas above
> my St Ation if I provide an interim sanctorale. I use Sabine
> Baring-Gould's "Lives of the Saints", which is perhaps less well-known
> than Butler's; some members may appreciate a walk along the way less
> travelled. And so Baring-Gould cites the following saints for today:
>
> SS. Nymphas and Eubulus (1st Cent).
>
> On the last day of February are commemorated two friends of S. Paul,
> Nymphas, of whom he speaks in his Epistle to the Colossians, and
> Eubulus, whom he mentions in his Second Epistle to S. Timothy, as being
> with him at Rome. Nymphas was at Laodicea. Nothing further is known
> of these two.
>
> SS. Martyrs in the plague at Alexandria (A.D. 261-3)
>
> [Roman Martyrology. Authority:- a paschal letter by Dionysius,
> patriarch of Alexandria, quoted by Eusebius, lib. viii. c. 21, 22.]
>
> These brave victims of the plague in Alexandria, who died through
> ministering to pest-stricken heathens and Christians alike, are
> commemorated by the Church as examples to all whose office or charity
> calls them to attend to the sick . . .
>
> SS. Symphorian, Macarius, and others, martyrs at Rome (unknown date)
>
> The bodies of fourteen martyrs, by name, Symphorian, Macarius,
> Victorinus, Maurice, Anicetus, Modestus, Cyriacus, Faustus, Placidus,
> Rocchus, Alexander, Genesius, Eulalia, and Irene, extracted from the
> catacombs of S. Callixtus and S. Lucina, are preserved at Antwerp, in
> the Church of the Jesuits, to which they were translated on Feb. 27th,
> 1650. Nothing is known of the acts and martyrdom of these saints.
>
> S. Proterius, martyr, Patriarch of Alexandria (A.D. 457)
>
> S. Proterius was the head of the orthodox party at Alexandria, when the
> patriarch Dioscorus adpoted Eutychian views . . . Proterius took
> decided steps to oppose him, and on the condemnation and deposition of
> Dioscorus by the Council of Chalcedon, in 452, he was ordained in his
> room . . . In a tumult that broke out, Ailurus, having obtained
> consecration from two bishops of their faction, mounted the episcopal
> throne, and proclaimed himself sole patriarch of Alexandria. Proterius
> fled for safety to the baptistery of the Church of S. Quirinus, but the
> heretics broke in and stabbed him to death; then dragged his body
> through the streets, hacked it to pieces, and burnt it.
>
> S. Romanus, Abbot of Condate (A.D. 460)
>
> [Roman, Benedictine, and most Latin Martyrologies. Authorities:- A
> life by a contemporary monk of Condate, also a life by S. Gregory of
> Tours.]
>
> Romanus, trained in the monastery of Ainay, near Lyons, left his
> father's house at the age of thirty-five, and carrying with him "Lives
> of the Fathers of the Desert," and some tools and vegetable seeds, made
> his way into the high mountains and inhabited [sic] forests of the Jura
>
> . . . and there founded, under the name of Condate, a monastery
> destined to become one of the most celebrated in the West . . .
> Relics in the Church of S. Romain-de-Roche in the Jura.
>
> Oriens.
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