medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (8. October) is the feast day of:
Pelagia the Penitent (?) Pelagia was an early martyr of Antioch. A
rather racy story was attached to her, telling that she was an
actress who converted and became a recluse.
Demetrius (?) Demetrius was probably a deacon of Sirmium (Mitrovic).
The cult developed at Thessalonike after Sirmium was destroyed by
Huns, and became a very popular pilgrimage center. Demetrius won the
nickname "the Great Martyr," legend telling that he was a citizen of
Thessalonike who was arrested for preaching and executed without
trial at the bathhouse. Later legends make him a warrior saint
and/or a proconsul. The crusaders adopted him as a battle patron.
Keyne (6th cent.?) Keyne appears to have been active in southern
Wales and Cornwall. A very late legend tells that she was a daughter
of the Welsh king Brychan (who was blessed(?) with 12 sons and 12
daughters). K. refused to marry, took a vow of virginity, and became
a hermit. She appears to have founded several oratories, and a
healing spring appeared where she settled and later died in Wales
(maybe at Llangeinor in Glamorgan). An odd legend tells that
whichever partner of a marriage was the first to drink from her holy
well would have mastery over the other.
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