medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (26. October) is the feast day of:
Lucian and Marcian (d. c. 250) What is probably a pious fiction
tells that the friends Lucian and Marcian were practitioners of black
magic until they converted to Christianity and publicly burned their
magical gear. They gave everything else to the poor and soon started
to preach, only to be arrested in Decius' persecution and burned to
death.
Quodvultdeus (d. c. 450) Quodvultdeus was bishop of Carthage when
the Vandals invaded. Q. and most of his clerics were loaded into a
leaky ship and sent into exile. Contrary to expectations, instead of
sinking the ship made it to Naples. Q. spent the rest of his life in
Italy, especially fighting Pelagians.
Rusticus of Narbonne (d. c. 461) Rusticus was a native of Gaul, the
son of Bishp Bonosus. R. became a well-known preacher but went off
and became a monk at Lerins. He became bishop of Narbonne in 427,
where he fought Arians and Nestorians and also built a cathedral.
Cedd (d. 664) Cedd was a Northumbrian, the brother of St. Chad. He
became a monk at Lindisfarne and went on from there to be a
missionary. He spent most of his career in Essex, consecrated bishop
of the East Saxons in 654. C. founded three monasteries and built
several churches before dying of plague.
Eata (d. 686) Eata was an English protegee of St. Aidan and was
appointed abbot of Melrose, but accepted Roman customs after the
synod of Whitby. He succeeded St. Colman as abbot of Lindisfarne and
became bishop there in 678, later exchanging sees with Cuthbert and
becoming bishop of Hexham.
Bean (11th cent.) Bean was the first bishop of Mortlach in Scotland
(which became Aberdeen).
Damian dei Fulcheri (blessed) (d. 1484) Damian was an Italian noble
who experienced his first miracle as an infant, when a miraculous
light led his family to the man who had kidnapped him. He became a
Dominican and a famous preacher throughout Italy, noted for his
miracles. D. was beatified in 1848.
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