medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (4. September) is the feast day of:
Hermione (d. 117) According to legend, Hermione was a daughter of the
apostle Philip, martyred in 117 in Ephesus.
Marinus of Rimini (d. early 4th cent.) Marinus is the patron saint of the
state of San Marino in northern Italy. He is supposed to have been
compelled to work for the Christian persecutors in the reign of Diocletian,
along with his companion Leo. He then became a hermit on a mountain near
the Adriatic, which was named "San Marino" after his death.
Ida of Herzfeld (d. 825) Ida is one of the most venerated saints of
Westphalia. She was the daughter of a Frankish count and a relative of
Charlemagne. As a girl she married Duke Egbert of Saxony; they were
happily married. Together they founded a church in Herzfeld in 790, where
Ida lived (in a room on the south side) after Egbert died in 812. Ida
spent the rest of her life caring for the needy: she had had her own stone
sarcophagus placed in the middle of her room, and twice a day filled it
with food and clothing for the poor.
Rosalia of Palermo (d. c. 1160) Rosalia, according to a largely legendary
account, was a Sicilian noblewoman. She was first the abbess of a group of
Basilian nuns in a cave on Monte Coschina, then later lived as a hermitess
on Monte Pellegrino. In 1625 her cult was approved, after a fisherman
found her relics in 1624 thanks to a vision; in 1630 she was included in
the Martyrologium Romanum. Her feast day still attracts a large number of
pilgrims to Monte Pellegrino.
Katharina de Mattei (blessed) (d. 1547) Katharina was born in Racconigi
(North Italy) in 1486. From the age of five she experienced visions.
Eventually she became a Dominican tertiary, and dedicated her life to
becoming like Catherine of Siena. She is supposed to have received the
stigmata; her whole life seems to have been one of enduring spiritual and
bodily suffering, including a long illness that finally killed her.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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