medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Before you get so many "bravos" that George tells us to cut it out, I'll say
a hearty thanks for your efforts.
Just under the wire,
MG
>From: Phyllis Jestice <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: [M-R] saints of the day 25. June
>Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 20:10:55 -0700
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>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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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.
>--
>Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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>History Department
>University of Southern Mississippi
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