medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
At 05:54 PM 3/27/03, Phyllis wrote:
>Today (28. March) is the feast day of:
>
>Conon of Nesi (d. 1236) Conon was a Basilian monk who became abbot of the
>Greek monastery of Nesi (Sicily). He was a noted miracle worker.
Conon (or Cono) of Nesi is probably better known as Conus or Cono of
Naso. His Latin Legend was published by the pioneering student of Sicilian
hagiography, Ottavio Gaetani S.J. (d. 1620) in vol. 2 of his _Vitae
sanctorum siculorum_ and is thought to go back to a lost Greek original
retained at Naso until the 16th century. For details, see F. Halkin's
review of Antonino Portale, _La citta' di Naso in Sicilia e il suo illustre
figlio S. Cono abate_ (Palermo, 1938), in _Analecta Bollandiana_ 57 (1939),
434-36.
This saint was once confused with his equally shadowy contemporary, Conus
of Diano (now Teggiano), a Benedictine monk at Cardossa near Padula in the
Valle di Diano. But we will have to wait until 3 June to learn more about
him. Fans of the famous (or notorious) late 15th-cent. prince of Salerno,
Antonello Sanseverino, are advised to bear this in mind.
*****
At 7:43 PM, 4/2/03, Phyllis wrote:
>Today (3. April) is the feast day of:
>
>Pancras of Taormina (1st cent.) Legend tells us that St. Peter sent
>Pancras as a missionary to Sicily. There he preached, worked miracles, and
>was eventually stoned to death by brigands.
P. is better known in modern scholarship as Pancratius of Taormina. His
lengthy and rather fabulous Life (a Greek text) was edited by the late
Cynthia Stallman-Pacitti as a 1986 Oxford D. Phil. and dated by her to the
early 8th century; information about him will be found in Stallman-Pacitti,
ed. and tr., "The Encomium of S. Pancratius of Taormina by Gregory the
Pagurite," _Byzantion_ 60 (1990), 334-65.
*****
Happy St. Isidore of Seville day to all users of the Internet! Al Gore's
claim to have invented the latter was widely met with scepticism (at least;
also some derision). But we all know who its patron saint is.
Best,
John Dillon
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