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>From: Phyllis Jestice <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: [M-R] saints of the day 19. September
>Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 17:32:40 -0700
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>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>Today (at long last, with internet connection to her house restored) is the
>feast day of:
>
>Januarius (d. c. 305?) Januarius' blood has been liquefying in Naples on
>this day ever since 1389. J. was a bishop who died somewhere near Naples;
>he was venerated by the fifth century. His vita, however, comes from the
>ninth century and isn't very useful from a historical point of view (at
>least as far as fourth-century history is concerned). It provides one of
>the many tales of a saint thrown to the beasts only to have the beasts
>completely uninterested, so J. was beheaded instead.
>
>Peleus and companions (d. 310) A group of Christians condemned to labor in
>the Palestinian mines. When the emperor found out that they were building
>oratories and worshipping, he ordered it stopped, and four of the
>ringleaders were burned alive. Peleus and Nilus were Egyptian bishops; the
>other two named in accounts were a priest and a layman.
>
>Goericus of Metz (d. 647) Goericus, says his legend, was a court official
>until he went blind. He made a pilgrimage to the church of St. Stephen in
>Metz, where his sight was miraculously restored. He stayed to become a
>priest, and was chosen as bishop the following year.
>
>Theodore of Tarsus (Canterbury) (d. 690) Theodore was born in Tarsus and
>educated in Athens. He was appointed archbishop of Canterbury at the age
>of about 65. He reached England in 669 and started a very productive
>second career, organizing the English church, creating new dioceses,
>settling jurisdictional issues, etc.
>
>Mary of Cervellon (d. 1290) Maria de Socos (Mary of Help), as she is
>called in Spain, was a native of Barcelona. She joined a group of women
>working with the Mercedarian order and spent her life praying and helping
>Christian slaves of the Muslims.
>
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