medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (19. December) is the feast day of:
Nemesius of Alexandria (d. 250) Nemesius was a native of Egypt. Under
Diocletian, he was burned to death between two thieves.
Timothy of Africa (d. c. 250) Timothy was a north African deacon. I
thought Nemesius' burning was an oddity, but Timothy was burned at the
stake also. An African habit?
Anastasius I (d. 401) The Roman Anastasius became pope in 399. He
condemned Origen's teachings, and encouraged the African church's
resistance to Donatism. Jerome and Augustine report on Anastasius' great
personal holiness and love of poverty.
Manirus of Scotland (?) We don't know when Manirus lived, but he worked
among the Highlanders and is accounted an apostle of northern Scotland.
Macarius of Wurzburg (blessed) (d. 1153) Macarius was an Irishman or a
Scot. He went on a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Killian in Wurzburg.
While in Germany, the abbot of the "Scottish" monastery in Regensburg asked
him to open a daughter house at Wurzburg---the monastery of St. James, of
which Macarius was the first abbot.
Urban V (blessed) (d. 1370) Guillaume de Grimoard studied at Montpellier
and Toulouse, then taught canon law at no fewer than four universities. He
entered the Benedictine monastery of Chirac, but the pope appointed him
abbot of St. Germain, Auxerre in 1352, and abbot of St. Victor, Marseilles
and legate to the queen of Naples in 1361. While on a mission to Naples in
1362, the reigning pontiff died and G de G was elected as his successor in
absentia---he wasn't even a cardinal (is this the last time a non-cardinal
was elected pope?) Urban V was an active reformer, tried very hard to
reconcile eastern and western churches, tried against the opposition of his
cardinals to return the papacy to Rome, and seems to have been quite a good
guy in a rather sordid age. In fact, he seems to have been far too
innocent for his job, including a lack of understanding of finance or of
Italy's complex political situation.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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