medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Though, tangentially, didn't Christina Mirabilis (a virgin)
breastfeed herself?
On Sat, 17 Feb 2001 16:13:55 -0500 Nancy Bishop
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> Sherry Reames wrote:
>
> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> >
> > I'm forwarding a query that has me stumped, in the hope that somebody on
> > this list will be able to answer it. There's a story in Christine de
> > Pisan's Book of the City of Ladies that is somewhat similar to the legend
> > in question, but there the daughter is a Roman matron who has recently
> > borne a child of her own, and the parent she succors is her mother. Can
> > any of you recall a story of this kind about a virgin saint?
> >
> > Sherry Reames (English Dept., Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison)
>
> I am familiar with a 17th c. Dutch painting of a woman breastfeeding her
> imprisoned father who was sentenced to die by starvation. It is called
> "Caritas" and is by Baburen but it is quite different from the traditional
> iconography by that name. I don't believe the woman was referred to as either
> a virgin or a saint which would agree with Bonnie's statement that it is a story
> from antiquity.
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