medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (30. August) is the feast day of:
Felix and Adauctus (d. c. 304) All we know about F. and A. comes from an
inscription on their tomb composed by Pope Damasus (and then embellished).
The developed legend tells that Felix was a Roman priest. He was
condemned, and, while being led to execution, inspired an unknown bystander
so much that he proclaimed his faith and was taken off and martyred at the
same time---thus his "name," which means "the one added." Their cult was
confined to local calendars in 1969.
Pammachius (d. 410) An important Roman senator, Pammachius was a friend of
Jerome and Paulinus of Nola, and married a daughter of St. Paula. After
his wife died, P. spent the rest of his life and his fortune caring for the
sick and poor.
Felix and Augebert (7th cent.) Two saints I'd never heard of
before---Felix and Augebert were two English slaves put on the market in
Rome, where Gregory the Great bought them (could these be the slaves who
inspired Gregory's atrocious puns about angli and angeli, etc.?) and had
them educated so he could send them on his planned mission to England.
Felix was ordained a priest and Augebert became a deacon. But they were
both killed in Champagne, in the kingdom of the Franks, before they were
able to join Augustine's mission in Kent.
Agil (Aile, Ayeul) (d. 650) Agil was a Burgundian noble who became a monk
at Luxeuil under Columbanus. He accompanied the next abbot, Eustace, on a
missionary journey to Bavaria, after which A became first abbot of Rebais
(near Paris).
Fiacre (d. c. 670) The Irish Fiacre became a hermit in Ireland, but then
moved to Francia and set up a hermitage at Breuil near Meaux. He is a
patron of gardeners, because he is supposed to have raised large quantities
of food to feed travelers. He is also the patron of taxi drivers, which
isn't exactly medieval---this is because early taxis in Paris were rented
out at a place named after him.
Fantinus the Younger (d. c. 980) Fantinus was abbot of a Greek monastery
in Calabria. After his monastery was destroyed in a Muslim raid he moved
east and died in Thessalonika.
Bononius of Lucedio (d. 1026) A native of Bologna, Bononius was a monk,
then went to Egypt to become a hermit. He later returned to Italy and
became abbot of Lucedio. He may have been a disciple of St. Romuald.
Peter of Trevi (d. c. 1050) Peter was from teh Abruzzi. He became a
priest at Marsi and preached to the peasants around Tivoli, Anagni, and
Subiaco before dying at a young age. Oddly, he was canonized in 1215 (I
haven't found many cases of going back and canonizing figures from the
period of optional canonization, especially not mere local priests).
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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