In '365 Heiligendagen' ('365 days of saints') there's a list of 112 topics
with the name of a saint. Look in the alfabetical list of saints and you'll
find his/her day, search for that day (that's not difficult while the days
are chronologically ordered) and there you can read the story of the saint,
verbs about the weather and more info. It's a more popular book and not a
very scholarly one, but it's nice to have it in your hands while walking
through a cathedral. Of course your Dutch reading skills have to be
allright.
Kees van Kemenade & Paul Spapens, '365 Heiligendagen - folklore, gebruiken,
iconografie, legenden, namen, weerspreuken', Eindhoven/Hapert (the
Netherlands), 1993 (ISBN 90 742 71 316)
Bas Jongenelen
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]Namens Christopher M.
Mislow
Verzonden: woensdag 25 oktober 2000 23:43
Aan: Medieval Religion List
Onderwerp: Topical index of saints
I am a recent subscriber, so if my question treads upon overly familiar
ground to veterans, I apologize in advance. Maddy Gray's message of 18
October (subject: "saintly pettiness") mentioned that the Welsh saint Cadoc
punished a disciple who had lost a book of his. Carolyn Muessig's message
of 24 October (subject: "FEAST 24 Ocotber [sic]") mentioned that Felix of
Thibiuca was martyred for refusing to give up books. This fortuitous
juxtaposition suggested not only a bit of fanciful speculation (imagine the
fracas had Cadoc sought to recover a book from Felix<G>), but also the
question which prompted this message: to anyone's knowledge, have there
been any efforts to compile a *topical* index of saints, along the lines of
a concordance? With such a compilation one could, for example, look under
the topic "book" and find listed our friends Cadoc and Felix, along with
any other saints whose lives include significant events involving books.
--Christopher
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