medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 21:31:09 -0400
"Diane P. Auslander" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Thank you, Phyllis. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.
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> Diane Auslander
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>Phyllis
> Jestice
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> Subject: [M-R] saints of the day 25. June
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> Dear listmembers:
>
>
>
> I had thought of making the 2004-2005 year the last that I
>contributed
> my "saints of the day" column to the list (for complicated reasons,
>my
> saintly year begins on June 25). But I continue to get a reasonable
> amount of very pleasant and appreciative mail, and only occasional
> comments that make me want to throw all my saints' books out the
>window.
> AND I think that maybe this year I've found a reference work that is
>as
> close to irreproachable as anything can be in this vale of tears.
> So I
> thought I'd give the column another year, as a chance to work my way
> through my new saints' collection (which, by the way, takes up
>nearly 13
> inches of shelf space) and introduce it to the listmembers. This is
> *Butler's Lives of the Saints: New Full Edition*. 12 volumes.
>Tunbridge
> Wells, Kent : Burns & Oates ; Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical
>Press,
> 1995-2000. The general editor is David Hugh Farmer, with a very
> prestigious (although very anglo-centric) cast of specialist
> consultants. There's one volume per month, revised by a variety of
> people. A big advantage: it gives some bibliography for each entry,
>at
> least the main hagiographical sources and occasionally some
>secondary
> literature.
>
>
>
> So, without further ado---
>
>
>
> Today (25. June) is the feast day of:
>
>
>
> Prosper of Aquitaine (d. c. 465) Little is known about Prosper's
>life,
> but his extant writings are interesting. He was a lay theologian
>and
> historian. P. wrote especially on the issue of grace and free will.
> The best known of his works, though, is a chronicle of history from
> creation to the Vandal sack of Rome.
>
>
>
> Maximus of Turin (d. 467) Maximus was a biblical exegete and
>preacher,
> the first known bishop of Turin. A large number of M's sermons are
> extant, which sound like a useful source for the history of his
>region
> at the time of the Gothic invasion.
>
>
>
> Moluag (Moloc, Lughaid) (d. 592) Moluag may have been a Scot,
>trained
> in Ireland, who then returned to Scotland as a missionary.
>
>
>
> Adalbert of Egmond (d. 705/714) Adalbert was a Northumbrian deacon
>who
> worked with Willibrord as a missionary in Frisia. Eventually he was
> made archdeacon of Utrecht. A monastery dedicated to A was built at
> Egmond in the 10th century. It was destroyed in the siege of
>Alkmaar in
> 1573, but was revived in the twentieth century by monks from
>Solesmes.
>
>
>
> Gohard and companions (d. 843) Gohard was bishop of Nantes at a
>time
> when the vikings were raiding up the Loire. They attacked suddenly
> while G. was celebrating mass, killing the bishop at the altar and
>the
> priests and monks who were with him.
>
>
>
> William of Vercelli (d. 1142) William became a wandering
>penitential
> pilgrim at the age of 14, when he set off for Compostela with two
>iron
> bands welded around his body. He became a hermit, but got unwelcome
> attention after he cured a blind man, so he moved to the Naples
>region.
> There he attracted hermits and formed them into a community at
> Montevergine. W. ended up founding a number of monasteries, the
> congregation of Montevergine.
>
>
>
> John the Spaniard (blessed) (d. 1160) John studied at Arles and
>then
> went to train with a hermit before becoming a Carthusian at
>Montrieu.
> He was selected as prior of a new foundation at the Reposoir (near
>Lake
> Geneva). His cult was confirmed in 1864.
>
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