medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Fri Aug 22 2003 at 12:32, Chuck Blatchley <[log in to unmask]> said:
>> May I ask if anyone knows of saints' lives that mention the
>> association of a STAR with a saint? ...
>
> Standard iconography of Aquinas was a blazed star, sun, or triangle
> on his chest.
Saint Dominic, founder of the order of which Thomas Aquinas was a
member, is associated with a star:
http://www.dominicos.org/hrosary/english/history/domsymbols.htm
See
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/goldenlegend/GL-vol4-dominic.html
for an English translation of the cited source.
bw
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