medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (7. June) is the feast day of:
Paul of Constantinople (d. c. 350) Paul became patriarch of Constantinople
in 336, but spent little of his time from then until his death in
Constantinople---he was orthodox, and this was the period of Arian
ascendancy. He was exiled to Pontus in 337-8, then to Trier, then was
taken in chains to Mesopotamia. Finally, after his recall from Mesopotamia
he was sent in exile to Armenia, where he was starved for six days and then
finished off by strangulation. In art, he is sometimes shown being
strangled with his own stole.
Willibald of Eichstatt (d. 786) Willibald was an Englishman. With his
father and brother he went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land (he later wrote
an account of the holy places, the Hodoeporicon). Then he went to help his
uncle (or perhaps cousin) Boniface with his work in eastern Germany.
Consecrated in 742 as bishop of Eichstatt (Franconia), W. spent the rest of
his long life evangelizing and organizing his diocese.
Deochar (d. 847) Deochar was a Franconian hermit until Charlemagne built
the monastery of Herriedon and appointed D. as its first abbot. In what
was probably a typical quid pro quo, Deochar also found himself serving as
an imperial missus.
Robert of Newminster (d. 1159) Robert was a native of northern Yorkshire.
He studied at Paris, then became a priest in his home town. He then joined
the Benedictines, but soon switched over to become one of the founders of
Fountains Abbey (Cistercians). In 1138 R. became abbot of the new
monastery of Newminster (Northumberland). He seems to have been a
generally Good Guy, pious, prayerful, and inclined toward visions. In 1147
some of his monks accused him of getting too friendly with a female
benefactor of the monastery; he cleared himself of the charge at
Citeaux---the belt that Bernard of Clairvaux gave him as token of his
innocence was later used to heal the sick. Godric of Finchale saw R's soul
go up to heaven like a sphere of fire at his death.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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