medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (8. August) is the feast day of:
Cyriacus, Largus, and Smaragdus (d. 304) According to tradition, Cyriacus was a Roman deacon, arrested for helping Christian prisoners who had been put to work building a bathhouse for Diocletian. Cyriacus then drove a demon out of the emperor's daughter and was pardoned and given a house in Rome. He then did the same for a daughter of the king of Persia. But when C. returned to Rome he was arrested with his coworkers Largus and Smaragdus. They were all tortured and then beheaded.
Hormisdas (d. c. 420) Hormisdas was a Persian noble. When he refused to renounce Christianity he was stripped of his rank and made a camel tender. Eventually he was martyred.
Altman (d. 1091) Altman was a native of Paderborn. He became head of the cathedral school at Paderborn, the chaplain to Emperor Henry III, went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1064, then became bishop of Passau. A. reformed his diocese, founded the Augustinian canonry of Gottweig, which worked well. But then he tried to enforce decrees against simony, clerical marriage, and lay investiture---and ended up being driven out of his diocese. A. then served as Gregory VII's legate to Germany. A's cult wasconfirmed by Leo XIII.
Dominic (d. 1221) Dominic Guzman, the founder of the Order of Preachers, became a canon of Osma and in time prior of the chapter. In 1203 he accompanied his bishop on a mission to Scandinavia, during which they passed through Languedoc. They both started preaching; Bishop Diego was soon forced back to his see, but Dominic ended up making preaching against the Cathars his main life's work. He founded his order with six followers in 1214, winning papal approval in 1216. D. was canonized in 1234.
A modern saint: Edith Stein (d. 1942) More properly "St. Teresa Benedicta," Edith Stein always seems to be called by her birth name, probably because the fact that she was a Jew who converted, became a Carmelite nun, and was then arrested and killed at Auschwitz is what makes her interesting to many people. She was canonized in 1998 and declared a patron of Europe in 1999.
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