medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
At this point in the 16thC there are numbers of black slaves in Europe, the
West Indies & South America. Peter Claver is just after this time but he
ministered to black slaves in what became Columbia. Blacks turn up more
than a century earlier in European painting, & you see weavings from the
Congo presented as luxury items. Then there are the West African ivory
carvings of Europeans in 16thC dress . . .
DW
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From: "John Wickstrom" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 4. April
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Was B the Black a black African then? Was it common to have such Africans
> enslaved in Sicily?
> jbw
>
>
> A sort-of modern saint: Benedict the Black (d. 1589) Benedict was
> the son of slaves who worked near Messina. Ben. was eventually freed
> by his master and became a hermit, in time settling with a community
> of hermits at Montepellegrino. He became their superior, but Pius IV
> disbanded such communities, so Ben. then became a Franciscan lay
> brother. When his convent near Palermo decided to reform, they
> elected Ben. their superior, even though he was illiterate. Finally
> he went back to being the convent cook. Ben. was famous for his holy
> life, his skill as a confessor, and a loarge number of miracles. He
> was canonized in 1807 and is the patron saint of African Americans in
> the U.S.
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