medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (5. July) is the feast day of:
Domitius the Illustrious (d. 362?) The official story is that Domitius was
a Persian hermit, walled up in his cave at the order of Julian the
Apostate. More likely, he was a Persian or Phrygian monk stoned in the
anti-Christian reaction of Julian's time.
Athanasius of Jerusalem (d. 452) A martyr to monophysitism, Athanasius was
a deacon of Jerusalem. When the monophysites of the city deposed their
catholic bishop and put a fellow monophysite in his place, Athanasius
protested, only to be beheaded by members of the city garrison.
Athanasius the Athonite (d. 1003) This Athanasius was from Trebizond. He
became a monk, in time joining the colony of hermits on Mt. Athos. With
the help of his friend (Emperor Nicephorus Phocas), he founded the "Great
Laura" here, giving the real start to monasticism at Athos. By the time of
his death, he led sixty communities there. (I wonder if the fact that he
was killed by the dome of his church falling in on him cast some doubt on
A's sanctity.)
Antony Zaccaria (d. 1539) A native of Cremona, Antonio was a medical
student, but decided instead to become a secular priest. He was extremely
zealous in the sixteenth-century "urban missionary" line, probably working
himself to death at the age of 37. A. founded the Barnabite order (or
"clerics regular of St. Paul") in 1530.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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