medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
c.t. ault wrote:
>PHILEMON, the most popular actor of his time, was killed in 28 AD for
>proclaiming himself a Christian. He was later Canonized as St.
>Genesius, patron saint of actors.
>
>Can anyone tell me more about him?
Is this enough?
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06413c.htm
The volume of the Bollandist _Acta Sanctorum_ cited in the CE article
is available at Gallica:
http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/ConsultationTout.exe?O=N006062
I expect Phyllis will have more recent information on the saint, but
perhaps this will do for a start.
John
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