medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Thursday, December 30, 2004, at 7:05 pm, Phyllis wrote:
> Today (31. December) is the feast day of:
> Peter of Subiaco (d. 1003) Peter was abbot of Subiaco. He defended
> his monastery's rights against the lord of Monticello, who retaliated
> by blinding P. and imprisoning him. P. died in prison and is
> regarded as a martyr.
Er, "lord of Monticelli", whose fortified town Castrum Monticellorum was
the nucleus of today's Montecelio (RM). Remains of the fortress in
which Peter was imprisoned may be seen here:
http://www.stradaoliosabina.it/immagini/montecelio.jpg
and here:
http://www.edit2000.com/guidonia/img/FOTO_CS2.JPG
with distance views here:
http://www.italyserver.net/latium/~montecel/castrum1.jpg
and here:
http://www.montecelio.net/MontecelioNet_file/montecelio_old.jpg
Peter is reckoned Peter III in the enumeration of the abbots of Santa
Scholastica at Subiaco. The latter's website (Italian-language) is here:
http://www.benedettini-subiaco.org/benedettini/santa.htm
The present abbey church is a neoclassical one built inside the shell of
its "gothic" predecessor, on which latter see:
http://www.benedettini-subiaco.org/benedettini/desc4.htm
with a view of a portal here:
http://www.benedettini-subiaco.org/benedettini/018.htm
(note all the mural painting).
Peter's church was on the same site; what's left of it is in the lower
portions of the belltower:
http://www.benedettini-subiaco.org/benedettini/desc3.htm
A specimen of what's said to be the ninth-century mural painting here
shows two evangelists (Mark and Matthew):
http://www.benedettini-subiaco.org/benedettini/061.htm
The haloes around their heads are not cruciform. But have a look at the
circular objects between them at foreleg level. Cruciform footballs? I
don't think so.
Buon San Silvestro,
John Dillon
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