medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Catherine Gunn wrote:
>
> I decided, for the sake of consistency in the book I am writing, to
> anglicise names - but is there any index of names for medieval
> writers known variously by Latin/French/Italian names etc.?
>
> Fr'instance is Jacobus de Voragine James of Varrazze (and how many rs
> and zs does that have?!)
A Google search reveals "Blessed James of Varazze, better known under the
name of James of Voragine" - which is marginally true :-)
John Briggs
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