medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (28. September) is the feast day of:
Exsuperius (d. c. 412) Exsuperius became bishop of Toulouse in c.
405. He won a reputation for charity. Today he is mostly known
because he wrote a question about accepted scriptures to Pope
Innocent I, and Innocent's reply was a list of the authentic books of
the Bible, a list still accepted today. (I confess that I wonder if
the books rejected by most Protestant churches, like Macabbees,
Ecclesiasticus, etc. are on it.)
Eustochium (d. c. 419) Eustochium, despite her male-sounding name,
was a daughter of St. Paula. She joined her mother under Jerome's
spiritual direction and ended up with him in Bethlehem, helping with
the Vulgate translation. E. also succeeded Paula in directing three
women's religious communities.
Faustus of Riez (d. c. 493) Faustus was probably born in Brittany.
He became a monk at Lerins, and abbot in 433. In 452 he went on to
be bishop of Riez. He spent a lot of time fighting Arians and
Pelagians; the former caused him a period of exile because he so
annoyed the Arian Visigothic king Euric.
Annemund (d. 658) Annemund spent time as a Frankish courtier and was
then made bishop of Lyons. He was eventually murdered by a company
of soldiers, probably at the order of the evil Ebroin, mayor of the
palace (who seems to have accounted for about as many martyrs as
Hitler did). Wilfrid of York, who was with A. at the time, was
released because he was a foreigner.
Lioba (d. 780) The West Saxon Lioba became a nun at Wimborne
(Dorsetshire). But her kinsman Boniface was always on the lookout
for helpers with his misisonary work, and in 748 he requested and
received a batch of 30 English nuns, including L. L. became abbess
of Bischofsheim and founded several other houses.
Wenceslas (d. 929) Wenceslas was the heir of Duke Ratislav of
Bohemia and Drahomira. He was raised as a Christian by his
grandmother Ludmila. When he became duke, W. encouraged
Christianity--and alliance with Germany. The combined policy angered
many nobles, and W's brother Boleslas murdered him (while on his way
to mass, of course) and seized power.
Modern saints: John Chozaburo and companions (blessed) (d. 163) John
Chozaburo was a Japanese Augustinian tertiary, an assistant of
Bartholomew Gutierrez in his missionary work. JC was beheaded at
Nagasaki with five other tertiaries in one of the incidents of the
great Japanese persecution. They were beatified in 1867.
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