medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (12. December) is the feast day of:
Spiridion (4th cent.) Spiridion (Spyridon) was a shepherd who became
a bishop in northeastern Cyprus. He survived Galerius'
persecution---with the loss of his right eye, a cut achilles tendon,
and a stint of mine work.
Corentin (d. 453?) Corentin was a Celtic hermit, another one of
those guys who complicate the idea of "Celtic spirituality" by
wandering freely from one Celtic-speaking land to another, making it
impossible even to figure out where he was from in the first place.
He founded Cury in Cornwall and also lived as a hermit in Brittany.
The odd story is told of him that he had a miraculous fish---he cut a
slice of it every day for his dinner, but the following day it was
always whole again. C. came to be venerated as the first bishop of
Cornouaille (the see is now at Quimper).
Finnian of Clonard (d. 549) Finnian was a native of Leinster who
went to Wales to study monasticism and then brought the lifestyle
back to Ireland with him. He founded a number of monasteries, of
which the most important was Clonard---legend tells that 3000
disciples gathered around him (no wonder he was called "teacher of
the saints of Ireland").
Vicelin (d. 1154) Vicelin was a native of Hameln who became a canon
at Bremen and head of the school there. In 1126 he started
missionary work among the Slavs (in the Holstein area), a task he
kept up for 20 years. In 1149 he was made bishop of Staargard (now
Oldenburg).
Bartholomew of San Gimignano (blessed) (d. 1300) This saint was the
heir of a noble family, but despite paternal opposition became a
parish priest. In 1280 he contracted leprosy, so he spent the last
20 years of his life in a leper house, serving as master and
chaplain. He has been called the "Job of Tuscany" because of his
suffering. B's cult was approved in 1498.
Our Lady of Guadalupe (1531) Rather out of our usual (hemi)sphere,
but just within the chronological limits of the list. In December
1531 Juan Diego had visions of the Virgin Mary on Mt. Tepeyac, near
what is now Mexico City, and her image appeared miraculously on his
cloak.
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