medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Subject: [M-R] saints of the day 29. January
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> Gildas the Wise (d. c. 570) Gildas was a Briton from Strathclyde who went
> to Wales as a refugee and became a monk. Later he was a hermit, both in
> Wales and in Brittany. He is best known for his De Excidiis Britanniae,
on
> how rotten the Brits were and how God was punishing them with Saxons.
According to my tear-off calendar for today, St Gildas the Wise is invoked
against dog bites and rabies. I agree that a saint to invoke against rabies
may have been vital, but why St Gildas ?
BMC
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