medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
One of the martyrs of Lyons, Blandine, has a special chapel at Saint-Martin
d'Ainay:
http://garennes.com/TPE-Roman/Photos.htm
MG
>From: Phyllis Jestice <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious
> culture <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [M-R] saints of the day 2. June
>Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 17:09:38 -0700
>
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
>Today (2. June) is the feast day of:
>
>The martyrs of Lyons (d. 177) 48 Christians of Lyons, including their
>bishop (Pothinus) were denounced as Christians, imprisoned, tortured, and
>finally executed. Eusebius reproduced a contemporary description of their
>martyrdom (ascribed to St. Irenaeus), which is the earliest and fullest
>authentic set of martyrdom proceedings.
>
_________________________________________________________________
Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE!
http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
**********************************************************************
To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME
to: [log in to unmask]
To send a message to the list, address it to:
[log in to unmask]
To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion
to: [log in to unmask]
In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to:
[log in to unmask]
For further information, visit our web site:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html
|