medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (16. August) is the feast day of:
Diomedes Anargyrus (d. c. 311) A native of Tarsus,
Diomedes "the
moneyless" (anargyrus) was a physician who worked
free of charge among the
poor. He was arrested but died before he could be
executed, so his body
was taken on to Nicomedia and beheaded there.
Arsacius (d. 358) A Persian soldier in the Roman
army, Arsacius converted
and became a hermit in a tower at Nicomedia. He
foretold the earthquake
that destroyed the city in 358, and was killed in it
himself when his tower
fell down.
Armagilus (Armel, Ermel) (d. c. 550) Legend tells
that Armagilus was a
cousin of St. Samson, a native of south Wales. He
became a missionary in
Cornwall (where he gave St. Erme its name) and
Brittany, where he founded
two monasteries. He is sometimes shown in art
holding the devil tied up
with his stola.
Stephen of Hungary (d. 1038) Stephen became duke of
the Magyars in 997 and
during his long reign as duke and then king devoted
himself to converting
his people to Christianity. He is responsible for
the ecclesiastical
organization of Hungary, the foundation of several
monasteries, and also a
long-lasting civil organization. S. was canonized
in 1083.
Lorenzo Loricatus (d. 1243) (blessed) Lorenzo was
an Apulian soldier who
accidentally killed a man. In penitence, he made a
pilgrimage to
Compostela, then settled as a hermit near Subiaco in
1209. He was one of
those super-penitent saints for whom a hairshirt
wasn't adequate, so he
wore chain mail next to his skin (thus the
nickname).
Roch (d. 1380) According to legend, Roch was a
native of Montpellier. He
went to Italy as a pilgrim, where he nursed plague
victims until his death.
In art, he's shown with a plague bubo rather
euphemistically on his thigh,
sometimes with a dog licking it.
Beatrice da Silva Meneses (d. 1490) Beatrice was a
Portuguese noble who
founded a Cistercian convent at Toledo after
accompanying a Portuguese
princess there. Later she founded the Congregation
of the Immaculate
Conception.
Dr. Phyllis Jestice
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