medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (19. June) is the feast day of:
Gervasius and Protasius (dates unknown) Two very convenient saints, whose
relics were discovered by Ambrose of Milan in 386, just when he needed
them. Their saintliness was proven by miracles. Certainly Ambrose
identified with G and P a lot: he chose to be buried with their relics, and
the three can be seen lying together in a glass case in Milan today.
Bruno of Querfurt (d. 1009) Bruno was a noble Saxon. He became a monk
under Romuald (see below), but annoyed his abbot by deciding to go off and
become a missionary (he describes this in feeling terms in the Vita Quinque
Fratrum). Bruno was hindered on his way to the missionary field of eastern
Europe by Italian wars, and his companions (the quinque fratrum) had been
martyred by the time he got there. Undaunted, he wrote a beautiful vita
describing their experience and went on, as a missionary archbishop, to
successfully work among the Magyars and Pechenegs. He had less success
with the Prussians, who martyred B. and 18 companions in 1009.
Romuald of Ravenna (d. 1027) One of the great saints of the eleventh
century, Romuald was an adult convert to monastic life. But he was
discontent with standard-issue Benedictine monasticism and left to become a
hermit and, in time founder of the Camaldolese order. He was a very active
advocate of ecclesiastical reform, taking the lead in the Italian monastic
fight against simony.
Odo of Cambrai (blessed) (d. 11130 A native of Orleans, Odo was wel
educated and became scholasticus at Tournai. He enjoyed a personal
conversion, brought about by reading Augustine on free will. After that,
Odo founded a Benedictine monastery in Tournai. In 1105 he was appointed
bishop of Cambrai, but refused lay investiture, so he was exiled to another
monastery until his death.
Juliana Falconieri (d. 1341) Juliana was a Florentine, member of a family
closely associated with the Servite order (her uncle was one of the seven
founders). J. became a Servite tertiary, and in time created an order of
Servite nuns. She was canonized in 1737.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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