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Also the feast of St Cyrill of Thessaloniki (Konstantine the
Philosopher), one of the "Slav Apostles" who died on 14th February 869
On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Ferzoco, G.P. wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Hey, it's a special day...
>
> Today, 14 February, is the feast of ...
>
> * Valentine, martyr(s) (c. 269)
> - a Roman priest named Valentine was decapitated at that
> time, as was a bishop of Terni
> - although his feast is extremely popular in England and
> elsewhere, in England (at least) there are no churches
> dedicated to him
> - Sherry Reames tells us:
> 'H. A. Kelly did a lot of research on the origins of St. Valentine's Day
> as a festival for lovers and published the results in a short book entitled
> *Chaucer and the Cult of Saint Valentine* (Davis Medieval Texts and
> Studies 5, published by E.J. Brill, 1986). I wasn't convinced by Kelly's
> argument that we've all got the date wrong (one of the purposes of his
> book was to prove that Chaucer and his contemporaries must have been
> referring to the feast of a different St. Valentine, in early May); but
> his book is worth reading regardless for the wealth of information it
> provides on this strange and fascinating subject.'
>
> * Abraham, bishop of Carrhae (c. 422)
> - a hermit, he preached in a village for a few years, and
> after converting the local population he returned to his
> hermitage; however, his fame was such that he was named
> bishop
> - after his death, his hairshirt came into the possession
> of emperor Theodosius II, who would occasionally wear it
> himself
>
> * Maro, abbot (433)
> - a hermit who lived not far from Abraham (see above), he
> founded several monasteries and trained many solitaries; he
> generally prayed standing
>
> * Auxentius (473)
> - after visiting many hermits, he became one himself, near
> Constantinople; he eventually founded a convent of nuns,
> the Trichinaraeae (the nuns dressed in haircloth)
>
> * Conran, bishop (sixth century?)
> - helped establish the monastery of Kirkwall, in the Orkney
> Islands
>
> * Antoninus of Sorrento, abbot (830)
> - following a vision, he founded a shrine to St Michael
> near Sorrento
> - when he was dying, he said he wished to be buried neither
> within nor without the city wall; so, his monks buried him
> inside the wall itself
>
> * Conrad of Bavaria (1154)
> - a Cistercian of Clairvaux, he went on pilgrimage to
> Palestine, and died on his return voyage, in southern
> Italy; at his tomb, lambs would come and kneel
>
> * Adolf, bishop of Osnabruck (1224)
> - entered Cistercian monastery of Camp as a youth, but
> became a very active bishop
>
> * Nicholas Paglia (1255)
> - a student in Bologna, he was converted after hearing a
> sermon by St Dominic; noted for his mystical experiences
>
> * Angelo da Gualdo (1325)
> - lived as a hermit for forty years, after feeling guilty
> when he got his mother so upset about his giving his bread
> to the poor that she died
>
> Happy Valentine! Love to all (caritas, not amor!), George ;-)
>
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> George Ferzoco
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