medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (26. April) is the feast day of:
Peter of Braga (d. c. 350) Actually a fourth-century bishop of Braga
(Portugal), legend makes Peter a disciple of St. James the Greater.
He is supposed to have been martyred after he baptized the local
ruler's daughter and cured her of leprosy.
Richarius (d. c. 645) Richarius (Riquier) was a Frank. He became a
priest, studied in England (?), came home again, and became a very
successful preacher. He founded the monastery at Celles (modern
Abbeville) and served as abbot.
Paschasius Radbertus (d. c. 860) Paschasius Radbertus started life
as a foundling, raised by the nuns of Notre Dame de Soissons. He
became a monk at Corbie and in 822 was one of the group of monks sent
off to found New Corbie (Corvey) in Westphalia. PR returned to old
Corbie before his death. He was one of the leading writers of the
Carolingian renaissance---his most important work was a treatise De
corpore et sanguine Christe (which, by the way, strongly advocated
the doctrine of the Real Presence).
Franca of Piacenza (d. 1218) Franca was a native of Piacenza, raised
at the convent there and professed at age 14. She became abbess, but
was kicked out because she was too strict; she soon became abbess of
a new convent at Montelana (later moved to Pittoli). Pope Gregory X
approved F's cult.
Stephen of Perm (d. 1396) Stephen was a Russian who became a monk at
Rostov and worked as a missionary among the Zyriane (I confess I've
never heard of them). He translated the liturgy and part of the
Bible into their language and founded several schools. In 1383 he
became first bishop of Perm.
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