medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>Amos fits into a fairly big category of saints from before the time
>of papal canonizations. A fair number of Jewish prophets, kings,
>etc. have feast days listed in the Roman martyrology. They seem to
>be particularly venerated by German Catholics---at least my best
>source for information about them is the online Oekumenisches
>Heiligenlexikon (the Roman Catholic section).
Phyllis
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
>>Amos (8th cent. BCE) Amos was a shepherd near Bethlehem who
>>became one of
>>the minor prophets. According to the Roman martyrology, he
>>was killed by
>>having an iron bar knocked through his head.
>
>Saints aren't really my forte, but I'm interested in this. I've
>never heard of a saint who lived before the coming of Christ. How
>is this possible? Is martyrdom for the cause the only requirement?
>If so, which cause in Amos's case? Are there others?
>
>Best,
>Clint Atchley
>
>Clinton Atchley, Ph.D.
>Director, Master of Liberal Arts Program
>Department of English and Foreign Languages
>Box 7652
>Henderson State University
>Arkadelphia, AR 71999
>Phone: 870.230.5276
>Email: [log in to unmask]
>URL: http://www.hsu.edu/faculty/atchlec
>
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