medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (1. May) is the feast day of:
Andeolus (d. 208) Andeolus was probably sent by Bishop Polycarp as a
missionary to southern Gaul. His vita reports that Andeolus was martyred
at the place later named Bourg-St-Andeol after him.
Isidora (d. 365) According to legend, Isidora was a nun in Egypt, who fled
to the desert to escape having to take up a convent office. She lived as a
hermitess.
Sigismund (d. 524) Sigismund, born in c. 480, was the son of the
Burgundian king Gundobald. He converted to Catholicism as a young man, and
when he became king in 516 worked to establish Catholicism in place of the
Arian beliefs held by many of his subjects. In 522 Sigismund had his son
from his first marriage killed (at the instigation of his second wife), but
he repented and spent time in a monastery doing penance. Soon after, he
and his family were imprisoned by the Franks and soon all drowned at the
order of King Chlodomir.
Brioc (Brieuc) (6th cent.) Brioc probably came from Cardigan (Wales),
where he founded a monastery sometime in the sixth century. An
eleventh-century passio reports that he later became a disciple of Germanus
of Auxerre. It is more certain that Brioc founded a monastery in Brittany
(named St-Brieuc after him), and later died there.
Marculf (d. 558) Marculf enjoyed a considerable cult throughout France for
centuries. He was born in Bayeux in 490 and became a missionary in the
region that later became Normandy after he gave up a position in royal
service. He was given land by King Childebert I upon which he erected the
monastery of Nanteuil (later renamed St-Marcoul after him), becoming the
first abbot. Marculf's grave became one of the most-visited pilgrimage
sites in France, famed for the miracles worked there.
Vivald (blessed) (d. 1320) Vivald was born in Gimignano (Italy) in the
mid-13th century. He lived as a hermit, highly venerated by the populace,
and sought for his counsel by rich and poor. He was beatified in 1908.
Panacea (d. 1383) (blessed) Panacea, from Quarona (near Novara, Italy), was
born in 1378. Her mother died soon afterwards, and Panacea was plagued
with a classic evil stepmother. The stepmother tormented little Panacea,
annoyed by the child's habit of praying for several hours every day.
Finally stepmom murdered the five-year-old girl with a spindle, while she
was praying. Beatified in 1867.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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