medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
John Dillon wrote:
> On Sunday, June 19, 2005, at 5:12 pm, John Briggs wrote:
>> Phyllis Jestice wrote:
>>>
>>> Sorry. Delaney's *Dictionary of Saints* was backwards on
>>> Romuald's feast
>>> day. In the later Middle Ages, Romuald was celebrated on 7.
>>> February, the anniversary of his translatio; but his main feast day
>>> is now 19. June, his *dies natalis*.
>>
>> Probably only since 1969 - although he was in the Tridentine Roman
>> Martyrology for this day. It suggests, somewhat remarkably, that
>> no-one knew the date of his death!
>
> R.'s date of death is given in Peter Damian's _Vita beati Romualdi_,
> cap. 72, as ".IIIX. kalendarum Iuliarum" (ed. Tabacco, pp. 115-16).
> Unless this manner of expressing "thirteenth" (".IIIX." = "XIII.")
> gave pause, there should have been no difficulty in understanding
> R.'s _dies natalis_ as 19. June.
There is possibly a certain irony that Edward VI's First Prayer Book makes
clear the date indicated by 13 kl. Iuly :-)
But there is a perverse convention that confuses those with a slight
knowledge of Latin :-)
John Briggs
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