medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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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