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I'm struck by the similarities between Clare of
Montefalco and Veronica Giuliani. Veronica's heart was
also found to bear symbols of the Passion and she was
a famous stigmatic, much to her distaste - and the
Church's. Is this topos of images of the Passion on
one's heart a lieu commun or just a coincidence with
these two saints?
MG
--- Phyllis Jestice <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
> religion and culture
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> Today (17. August) is the feast day of:
>
> Mammas (d. c. 270/275) Mammas was a shepherd, who
> was martyred in Caesarea
> in Cappadocia. He was highly venerated in the East
> from an early period;
> in the West his cult developed later in Tuscany and
> Venice, as well as
> Langres, France (which claims to have Mammas' head
> and one of his arms).
>
> Eusebius (d. 309) A Greek by birth, Eusebius was
> elected pope on 18. April
> 309. Banned to Sicily by Emperor Maxentius, he died
> there only four months
> after his election. He is honored as a martyr.
>
> Amor (d. c. 777) According to tradition, Amor came
> from Scotland or the
> kingdom of the Franks and joined St. Pirmin in his
> work in the Odenwald.
> Together they are credited with founding the
> monastery of Amorbach.
>
> Hiero of Scotland (d. 856) Hero was probably a
> Scot. He worked in Frisia
> as a missionary in the ninth century, where he was
> killed during a Viking
> raid. His bones were discovered by miraculous means
> in the tenth century,
> as a result of which he is the patron saint for
> finding lost objects.
>
> Elias of Calabria (the Younger) (d. 903) According
> to a largely legendary
> tradition, Elias was a Sicilian who was captured and
> enslaved in Africa by
> Muslims. He later returned to Sicily where he
> became a monk and founded a
> monastery in Calabria. He fled a renewed Muslim
> invasion and died in
> Thessalonike.
>
> Clare of Montefalco (Clare of the Cross) (d. 1308)
> Clare was born in 1268
> in Montefalco, Umbria. Already as a child she
> became a Franciscan
> tertiary; later she and her sister joined the
> Augustinian hermitesses,
> where in 1291 she became abbess. Clare's life was
> marked by many
> ecstasies, visions, and miracles---which not
> surprisingly attracted great
> interest. Many people, including numerous clerics,
> came to seek her
> advice. According to tradition, after her death
> symbols of the Passion
> were found on her heart. Clare was canonized in
> 1881.
>
> Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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