And, of course, Þorlákr of Skálholt (that's Thorlak of Skalholt if the Icelandic
letters didn´t come through!
Meg Cormack
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Von: Phyllis Jestice [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Gesendet: Sa 19.07.2003 21:57
An: Cormack, Margaret Jean
Cc:
Betreff: saints of the day 20. July
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (20. July) is the feast day of:
Margaret of Antioch (d. c. 303) Another saint removed in the great Roman
calendar-purge of 1969, although she probably did exist and really was a
virgin martyr of Antioch in Pisidia. Her cult is very ancient and was very
popular, and attracted some rather extravagant legend---including that she
was swallowed and regurgitated by a dragon before being decapitated.
Wilgefortis (??) A wonderful medieval invention of a saint. Legend tells
that Wilgefortis was one of sextuplet sisters who miraculously grew a beard
to escape an unwanted marriage---and was then crucified. Her name is
derived from "virgo fortis" (she was also known as Uncumber, Kummernis, and
a few other variants). It has been suggested that the legend originated as
an attempt to explain a representation of the crucifixion in which Jesus
was wearing a tunic instead of a loincloth---some over-imaginative viewer
thought it must be an image of a woman being crucified. Unfortunately, W.
is no longer venerated, except perhaps by fans of the novelist Robertson
Davies.
Paphnutius the Buffalo (d. c. 400) One of the great desert saints,
Paphnutius lived in a cell at Scetis (Egypt), never leaving except to
attend mass. He figures prominantly in John Cassian's Conferences.
Flavian and Elias (d. 512 and 518) F and E were patriarchs of Antioch and
Jerusalem. The Monophysite emperor Anastasius I exiled them to Petra,
Jordan. Flavian had been deposed for continuing to support the edicts of
the council of Chalcedon despite imperial command; Elias then got into
trouble by refusing communion to the new patriarch who was then intruded
into Flavian's position.
Ansegis (d. 833) Ansegis was a monk of Fontenelle, chosen by Charlemagne
to restore several monasteries. A. was also a noted canonist, and wrote a
collection of capitularies that became part of the imperial law code.
Paul of St. Zoilus (d. 851) In a reenactment of early martyrdom stories,
Paul was a deacon of Cordoba who ministered to Christians imprisoned by the
Muslim authorities during the martyr movement. He was then beheaded.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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