medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
At 5:54 PM -0800 3/15/05, Phyllis Jestice wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
>Today (16. March) is the feast day of:
>
>Julian of Anazarbus (d. c. 302) Julian was a Cilician, arrested
>during Diocletian's persecution. He must have done something to make
>the authorities especially angry, since he was exhibited all over
>Cilicia for a year, before being sewn into a sack with scorpions and
>vipers and thrown into the sea. His body ended up in Antioch, so
>he's sometimes called J of Antioch instead of his native city of
>Anazarbus.
Seems a bit unfair to drown the scorpions and vipers, too. And
probably before they had a good chance at their victim. :)
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