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If I may be permitted a bit of an off-topic query: I've always puzzled over
the "-um" ending of a person's name. Could one of our several eminent
Latinists enlighten me as to the spelling of "Eustochium"? And are there
many other names with what appears to be a neuter ending?
Thanks, MG
>From: Phyllis Jestice <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: [M-R] saints of the day 28. September
>Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:32:21 -0700
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>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>Today (28. September) is the feast day of:
>
>Exsuperius of Toulouse (d. c. 412) A very fine Gaulish saint who became
>bishop of Toulouse in c. 405. He was noted for charity in a time of crisis
>(e.g., the Vandal invasion of Gaul).
>
>Eustochium (d. c. 419) Eustochium was a daughter of St. Paula. With her
>mother, E. joined the circle of aristocratic females around St. Jerome.
>Both helped Jerome in his scholarly activities, and E. succeeded her mom as
>head of the religious community in Bethlehem.
>
>Faustus of Riez (d. c. 490) Faustus was born in Britain or Brittany. He
>became a monk at Lerins by about the age of 20 and after a few years was
>elected abbot, ending up his career as bishop of Riez. He was a great
>preacher and vigorous opponent of heresy (but ended up propagating
>semi-pelagianism himself). F's strong words about Arianism led to his exile
>by the Visigothic king Euric for some years.
>
>Lioba (d. 782) Lioba was a West Saxon kinswoman of St. Boniface. She
>became one of Boniface's most important supporters back home in England,
>and eventually went to join Boniface in the missionary field with a group
>of fellow nuns. L. settled at the convent of Tauberbischofsheim, which
>flourished under her leadership.
>
>Wenceslas (d. 929) Wenceslas (Vaclav) became duke of Bohemia in 922, when
>he was about 15 years old. He was a devout Christian, thanks especially to
>his grandmother Ludmilla, but the new religion had still not made much
>progress among the Czechs. Wenceslas proceeded to be a clergy-dominated
>wimp (oops, I mean an upright and devout ruler, who even abolished the
>death penalty) and encouraged the spread of Christianity. A party of
>nobles led by W's brother Boleslas resented W's policies and murdered
>him---in a church, by pagans, so clearly he was a martyr. W's shrine in
>St. Vitus' church in Prague became an important pilgrimage center and
>already by the early 11th century W. was regarded as the patron saint of
>Bohemia.
>
>Bernardino of Feltre (blessed) (d. 1494) Bernardino was one of the
>greatest preachers of the fifteenth century. He studied at Padua, but then
>joined the Franciscan order (when he adopted the name Bernardino). He
>spent 25 years traveling up and down Italy preaching. He especially
>attacked usury, and decided to deal with the issue by founding funds from
>which no-interest loans could be made to the poor (monti di pieta). B's
>immediate popular cult was confirmed in 1654.
>
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