medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
As I recall, Bruno was rector of the school at Reims...all the more reason
to head for the hills (desert).
jw
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Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 9:21 PM
To: John Wickstrom
Subject: saints of the day 6. October
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (6. October) is the feast day of:
Abraham (c. 2000 BCE) Look at Genesis (or much of the Qur'an) for details.
Faith (3rd cent.?) An early martyrology records Faith's death at Agen
(Gaul), so she probably really existed, but bore little resemblance to the
medieval legend, which portrays her as a young girl martyred by being
roasted on a bronze bed and then beheaded. Her cult was extremely popular
in the Middle Ages, not just at Conques (which acquired her relics) but
throughout France, Italy, Spain, and England (and also South America, but a
bit later).
Baithen (d. 599?) The Irish Baithen was a follower of Columcille who
accompanied the saint to Scotland. B. became abbot of Tiree Island, then
of Iona after Columcille's death. According to legend, he harvested grain
with one hand, while raising the other in prayer.
Adalbero of Wurzburg (d. 1090) The noble German Adalbero became bishop of
Wurzburg in 1045. He was a supporter of the Cluniac reform and also of
Emperors Henry III and IV; he stood godfather to the latter. But in the
Investiture Contest, Adalbero supported the pope, as a result of which he
was driven from his diocese. He was canonized in 1883.
Bruno (d. 1101) Bruno was educated at Rheims and Cologne and became a
canon in Cologne and a teacher at the cathedral school in Rheims. After 18
years, though, Bruno decided to become a monk (probably had to grade too
many bad midterms), soon moving to the diocese of Grenoble with six
companions. They established a communal hermitage in the Chartreuse, the
mother house of the Carthusian order. Urban II later summoned Bruno to
Rome as an advisor; Bruno settled as a hermit in the baths of Diocletian
and soon founded another hermitage in Calabria.
William Tyndale (d. 1536) The English William Tyndale became a priest in
1521 and was soon attracted to the evangelical movement. Fluent in seven
languages, he soon began work translating the Bible into English---the
first English translation from the original languages. Tyndale soon took
refuge on the Continent, and had his translation published illegally in the
Netherlands. But an English merchant in Antwerp betrayed him to the
authorities, he was imprisoned for a year, and finally strangled and then
burned in Brussels.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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