medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
The highlights of the last few days (in the world of the saints at least) were:
September 29:
Blessed Richard of Hampole (d. 1349) An unofficial but popular cult
of the English mystic Richard Rolle.
Blessed Charles of Blois (d. 1364) Charles was a son of the count of
Blois and was a nephew of Philip VI of France. He went to war over
control of Brittany after marrying the heiress. But C. was a *nice*
fighting man: he cared for the injured after battles, founded
monasteries to pray for his cause and the souls of those killed off,
etc. Eventually C was defeated, captured by the English in battle,
and spent nine years waiting to be ransomed.
September 30:
Gregory the Illuminator (d. c. 330) A great national saint of
Armenia, who "illuminated" the whole land with Christian teachings.
Jerome (d. 420) 'Nuff said.
October 1:
Romanus the Melodist (mid-6th cent.) A Syrian convert from Judaism,
who composed a great many liturgical hymns.
Mylor (?) Legend tells that Mylor was the son of a duke of Brittany,
whose evil uncle killed the duke and cut off M's right hand and left
foot and banished him to a monastery. M. then won such a repute as a
holy person that uncle had him beheaded.
Bavo (d. c. 655) Bavo was a Brabantine noble, rather dissolute until
his wife died, whereupon he took to prayer and penance.
October 2:
Leger (d. 679) Leger (Leodegar) was a noble Alsatian. He became a
priest and in c. 663 bishop of Autun. He was very active politically.
October 3:
Gerard of Brogne (d. 959) Gerard was a noble who founded a monastery
at Brogne, which became one of the great reform centers of the age.
Thomas of Hereford (d. 1282) Thomas Cantilupe was a supporter of the
rebel cause against Henry III of England, served two terms as
chancellor of Oxford, and was appointed bishop of Hereford in 1275.
He was a very thorough bishop who spent a lot of his time fighting
with the archbishop of Canterbury---who excommunicated T. T. went
off to Rome to deal with the matter, and died in Italy.
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