----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Baland <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 12:56 PM
Subject: RE: Topical index of saints
> http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/indexsnt.htm
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher M. Mislow [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 4:43 PM
> To: Medieval Religion List
> Subject: Topical index of saints
>
[snip]
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.
I looked on the website Christopher MM recommended but neither Cadoc nor
Felix appeared under Books. On the other hand there are lots of interesting
things on it, including a list of the topics patronised by St Anne ....
Worth bookmarking anyway. Thanks.
BMC
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