medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
It's a date - I have to see that jacket.
Diane Auslander
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From: "Wendy Reardon" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 7:23 PM
Subject: [M-R] Lonely at Kalamazoo
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> This is my third year going to K'zoo, and I know Stephen Allen...but I'm
> afraid I don't know anyone else and it would be wonderful to be able to
put
> names with faces.
>
> Anyway, I have just made myself a Borgia jacket, after my favorite pope
> Alexander VI. It's got the Borgia coat of arms on the back, Cesare's on
the
> left sleeve and Callistus III's on the right, and Lucrezia over the breast
> pocket.
>
> I'm assuming no one else will have a Borgia jacket, so, if any of you see
me
> please introduce yourselves. Otherwise I sit in the corner in the
cafeteria
> at Breakfast, lunch, and dinner by my lonesome eating my very un-scholarly
> Cocoa-Krispies, and feeling once again like the nerd in high school who
sat
> by herself. Not that I'm bitter of course...no...not me...I've turned the
> page.... :)
>
> Thanks,
> Wendy Reardon
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> From: "Phyllis Jestice" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 9:13 PM
> Subject: [M-R] saints of the day 5. May
>
>
> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
culture
> >
> > Today (5. May) is the feast day of:
> >
> > Brito (Britonius) of Trier) (d. 386) Brito was bishop of Trier and an
> > active opponent of the Priscillianists. But he is noteworthy for his
> > refusal to turn his adversaries over to the state authorities for
> > punishment, holding firmly to the belief that this was a church affair
and
> > the state shouldn't play a role.
> >
> > Hilary of Arles (d. 449) Hilary, though born in c. 400, was a pagan
until
> > adulthood. He was well educated and won a high administrative post.
But
> > then his friend and kinsman St. Honoratus converted him. Hilary gave
all
> > his goods to the poor and became a monk at Lerins. He followed
Honoratus
> > to Arles as his secretary, and later succeeded him as archbishop. He
> > doesn't seem to have been always wise in exercise of his office, but was
> > widely noted for his pious life.
> >
> > Diuma (7th cent.) A Scottish priest, Diuma went with St. Cedd to
convert
> > Mercia. There he became the first bishop. He also founded the
monastery
> > of St. Peters, the core of the city of Peterborough.
> >
> > Angelus of Jerusalem (d. 1220) Angelus was a native of Jerusalem, of
> > Jewish ancestry. He became one of the first Carmelites, and was sent to
> > Rome to win approval for the community's rule. After that, A. went to
> > Sicily to preach. But legend reports that his probity got him into
> > trouble. He denounced the incest of a Count Berengar with his sister,
> > winning the woman to penitence. The count preferred revenge to
> repentance,
> > though---he is supposed to have had Angelus hanged and shot full of
> arrows.
> >
> > Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
> > [log in to unmask]
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