Today, 7 September, is the feast of ...
* Regina or Reine, virgin and martyr (date unknown)
- native of Alise (Bourgogne), she refused a marriage offer from
the local Roman prefect; as she was about to be beheaded, a shining dove
was seen hovering above her head
Two years ago Elena Lemeneva added:
In my MA thesis I tried to find the earliest mention of this
dove-story. What I found was the "Passio S. Reginae Virg. Mart." in
the AASS Boll. 7 Sept. III, 39 - 40:
[After tortures and last prayer] Et postquam oravit, miserunt illam
in vas illud aqua plenum: et terrae motus factus est magnus: et ecce
columba de coelo descendens habebat in ore coronam, et disrupta sunt
vincula beatae Reginae, et ascendit de aqua, laudans et benedicens
Dominum et dicens: Dominus regnavit, decorum indutus est; illuminasti
me, Domine Jesu Christe, et salvasti, misertus unicae puellae, qui es
benedictus ante secula. Et facta est vox columbae dicens: Veni
Regina in requiem Christi; beata es, quae hanc coronam meruisti. (p.
39)
The AASS do not date this passion of the unknown authorship. I
presume that it must have been written before the twelfth
century. Does anyone know when and where it comes from?
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Thanks Elena!
* Sozon, martyr (date unknown)
- the local magistrate tortured him by having nails driven upward
through the soles of his shoes; when Sozon marched in front of the
magistrate in the arena, he called up to him: 'I have finer red shoes
than you!'
* Grimonia, virgin and martyr (date unknown)
- escaped from Ireland to France in the hope of thus preserving
her virginity; she did, but only by defending her honour to the death;
on this day in 1231, her relics were enshrined (along with those of
another ex-Irish virgin and martyr, St Proba) at Lesquielles
* John of Nicomedia, martyr (303)
- according to Lactantius, he was burned alive; he has sometimes
been erroneously identified with St George, protector of England
* Anastasius the Fuller, martyr (304?)
- although the Roman Martyrology says this saint died on this date
in Aquileia, he really died on 26 August in Split
* Clodoald or Cloud (c. 560)
- brought up by his grandmother St Clotilda (the widow of Clovis);
by a pun on his name, he is venerated in France as patron of nail-makers
Last year Jim Bugslag asked the following question:
Dear Carolyn,
As usual, I checked your feasts for today against the 13th-century
Ordinary of Chartres Cathedral and was fascinated to see that St.
Cloud was, indeed, commemorated, but a full nine lessons were devoted
to St Evurtius, who you didn't list. If, as in your answer to James
Brundage, Butler is a major source, it's hardly surprising that he
was left out. Butler, in full, says: "Saint Evurtius, Bishop of
Orleans, C. Flourished in the reign of Constantine the Great, and
died about the year 340. His name is famous in the ancient western
Martyrologies, but his history of no authority [sic], as Stilting
complains." Can anyone shed any light on this putatively "famous"
story? Thanks, in advance, for all replies.
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
Nobody could answer Jim's query last year. How about this year?
* Alcmund and Tilbert, bishops of Hexham (781 & 789)
- the seventh and eighth bishops of this see
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
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