medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> > Today (17. February) is the feast day of:
> >
> > Theodore Tiro (d. c. 306) Theodore is one of the three great
> > warrior
> > saints of the East (and of the West, too, after the crusaders
> > discovered him).
> And here he is in a jamb at the south transept of Notre-Dame de
> Chartres:
> http://www.wga.hu/art/zgothic/gothic/1/french/03f_1232.jpg
Well, John, that is what the Abbe Bulteau thought in the mid-19th century. Bishop
Geoffroy de Leves brought back a head of St Theodore from Rome in 1120, and his
feast day was celebrated at Chartres on 9 Nov. I published an article recently,
however, which tries to re-identify this splendid figure as St Eustace. He is also
widely identified as Roland, and an attempt has also been made to make of him St
Maurice. I won't even mention the loopier versions.
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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