medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (12. September) is the feast day of:
Autonomous (d. c. 300) A Byzantine legend tells that Autonomous was an
Italian bishop who fled from persecution to Bithynia in Asia Minor. There
he was a successful missionary, but ended up martyred anyway.
Hieronides, Leontius, Serapion, and companions (d. c. 300) Hieronides was
an aged deacon; Leontius and Serapion were his brothers. They were
martryed by being thrown into the sea at Alexandria, along with several
others.
Macedonius, Theodulus, and Tatian (d. 362) When Julian the Apostate
restored the temple at Meros in Phrygia, these three broke in and destroyed
the cult images that had been restored to their places. They were slowly
roasted on gridirons.
Eanswith (d. c. 640) Eanswith has the distinction of having been the first
abbess in England. Her father, a king of Kent, founded a convent for her
at Folkestone in 630. The place was destroyed by vikings, but refounded as
a cell of Canterbury Cathedral Priory. E's relics survived the
Reformation; they were rediscovered in 1885.
Guy of Anderlecht (d. c. 1012) The "poor man of Anderlecht," as he was
called, Guy was a laborer near Anderlecht (Belgium). He was sacristan at
Laeken, but went off on pilgrimage to Rome and the Holy Land. He returned,
sick and exhausted, to die at Anderlecht.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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