medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (12. June) is the feast day of:
Onuphrius (d. c. 400) Among the legends of the early desert fathers
is the story of Onuphrius. While on a visit to the hermits of the
Thebaid, Abbot Paphnutius met O. O. told him he had been a hermit
for seventy years. O. regaled P. with miraculously-appearing food,
then told him that God had sent P. to bury him. O. then died, P.
buried him in a hole in the mountainside that then disappeared.
Ternan (5th or 6th cent.) Ternan was a Scottish monk; varying
traditions say that he was either at Culross Monastery or was from
the province of Mearns and was baptized by St. Palladius. It seems
fairly certain that T worked as a missionary among the Picts and had
his headquarters at Abernethy. He is supposed to have founded
Culross.
Peter of Mount Athos (8th cent.) Legend tells that Peter fought
against Muslims when young, but was captured and imprisoned. After
winning his release, he went to Rome and became a monk there. After
a vision of the Virgin Mary, he became the first hermit on Mt. Athos.
Leo III (d. 816) Leo was a Roman, elected pope in 795. He fled to
Charlemagne for protection after he was attacked by political
enemies; this occasioned Charlemagne's visit to Rome in 800, during
which he put L back on the papal throne and L. crowned him emperor.
Pope and emperor for the most part worked well together. When
Charlemagne died in 814, L's enemies got a second chance. L. crushed
one conspiracy; the duke of Spoleto put down a revolt. L. was
canonized in 1673.
Odulf (d. c. 855) Odulf wa born at Oorschot (northern Brabant). He
became a canon at Utrecht with a reputation for learning and
eloquence; in time his bishop sent to Frisia as a missionary (did any
people ever take as much converting as the Frisians did?) O. was
very successful in the evangelization business, and built a church
and monastery at Stavoren.
Eskil (d. c. 1080) Eskil was an Englishman (despite the name;
perhaps an Englishman of the Danelaw?) who accompanied his kinsman
St. Sigfrid as a missionary to Sweden. E. became bishop at Strangnas
and wa very successful. But King Inge's successor, Sweyn the Bloody,
didn't like Christians. When E. denounced a traditional festival at
Strangnas and lightneing struck a sacrificial altar, he was accused
of magic and stoned to death at Sweyn's order.
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