medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Wed, 30 Oct 2002 16:18:55 -0800
Phyllis Jestice <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>culture
>
>Today (31. October) is the feast day of:
>
>Quentin (Quintin) (?) Quentin was an early martyr in Gaul, killed in
>Augusta Veromanduorum (now called Saint-Quentin). Legend improves on
>his
>sparse story, making him a Roman citizen who came to preach in Gaul
>with
>St. Lucian. While preaching in Amiens, a prefect arrested him and
>killed
>him with a series a truly nasty tortures.
>
>Foillan (d. c. 655) Foillan was an Irish monk, a brother of St.
>Fursey.
>The two went to East Anglia, where they founded the monastery of
>Cnobheresburg. After Penda of Mercia ravaged East Anglia, the two
>went on
>to Neustria, where Foillan founded the moanstery of Fosses and was
>active
>as a missionary in Brabant. Foillan was killed by outlaws while
>traveling
>to visit other Irish monasteries.
>
>Wolfgang of Regensburg (d. 994) Wolfgang was born in Swabia and
>educated
>at Reichenau. In 964 he became a monk at Einsiedeln, from whence he
>became
>a missionary to Pannonia. In 972 W. was appointed bishop of
>Regensburg.
>He proved to be a tireless reformer, among other measures separating
>the
>monastery of St. Emmeram from the episcopal office and bringing in
>the
>Gorzian reformer Ramwold as its new abbot. He also served as tutor
>to the
>future Emperor Henry II. Wolfgang was canonized in 1052 and his cult
>is
>still active today.
>
>Thomas Bellaci (blessed) (d. 1447) Thomas was a Florentine who
>became a
>Franciscan. He introduced the Observant reform to Corsica and
>southern
>Italy, and also fought against the condemned Fraticelli in Tuscany.
> When
>over 70 years old, Thomas went to preach in Syria and Abyssinia, but,
>to
>his disgruntlement, narrowly missed being martyred.
>
>Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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