medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (8. November) is the feast day of:
Four Crowned Martyrs (c. 300) Two groups of martyrs won this title. Group
number one was a group of soldiers martyred at Albano (Italy), and the
other group consisted of several stonemasons of Pannonia who refused to
carve a statue of the god Aesculapius. The two groups got confused when
the relics of both were taken to Rome. Their cult was limited to local
calendars in 1969.
Cybi (6th cent.) The Welsh Cybi (Cuby) was founding abbot of a monastery
at Caer-gybi on Anglesey. He seems to have been a popular early saint; his
cult is attested by church foundations in Gwent, Gwynedd, and Cornwall.
Deusdedit (d. 618) The Roman Deusdedit (or Adeodatus) became pope in 615
and shepherded the Roman church through Lombard attacks and an epidemic.
Willehad of Bremen (d. c. 789) Willehad was a Northumbrian monk who became
a missionary both in Frisia and then among the Saxons. Although nearly
killed in the Saxon revolt of 782, he went on to become the first bishop of
Bremen in 787.
Gregory of Einsiedeln (d. 996) Gregory was an Englishman who, while on
pilgrimage to Rome, became a monk. On his way home (I find odd the notion
of becoming a monk while on vacation, rather than becoming a permanent
member of a community) he stopped at Einsiedeln (Switzerland) and ended up
joining the community there. He became the first great abbot of
Einsiedeln, making it an important reform center.
Godfrey of Amiens (d. 1115) Godfrey was from the area of Soissons. He was
a child oblate at Mont-Saint-Quentin, later going on to be abbot of
Nogent-sous-Coucy and bishop of Amiens in 1104. G. was a zealous opponent
of simony and clerical marriage (or concubinage). He tried to resign to
become a Carthusian, but his faithful flock wouldn't let him.
John Duns Scotus (blessed) (d. 1308) John was a native of Duns in
Scotland. At the age of fifteen he became a Franciscan, and was sent to
Oxford and Paris to study. He became perhaps the last great medieval
scholastic, with the nickname "doctor subtilis." His cult was confirmed
for the Franciscans in 1993.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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