medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (29. March) is the feast day of:
Jonas and Barachisius (d. 326/7) King Sapur II of Persia launched a
major persecution of Christians in the eighteenth year of his reign.
Thousands did, included the saints of today. Jonas and Barachisius
was monks who heard of the persecution and set out to encourage some
Christians who had been arrested. J and B were arrested, tortured
when they refused to sacrifice, and killed. Barachisius seems to
have particularly annoyed the just---he was impaled, then crushed in
a press, and finished off by having boiling pitch poured down his
throat.
Gundleus and Gwladys (6th cent.) Gundleus was a warlord of
southeastern Wales. Legend tells that he kidnapped the virtuous
Gwladys and married her. Their first child was St. Cadoc, one of the
great Welsh saints. He converted his parents and got them to leave
the world.
Berthold (d. c. 1195) Berthold is often regarded as the founder of
he Carmelite order. He became a hermit on Mt. Carmel; the patriarch
of Antioch helped him establish a community of hermits.
Ludolph (d. 1250) Ludolph was a Premonstratensian who was elected
bishop of Ratzeburg in 1236. He converted his cathedral chapter to
Premonstratensian observance and also founded a Benedictine convent.
L. had a series of disputes with the duke of Sachsen Lauenburg; the
duke imprisoned L., ill-treated him, and finally banished him. L.
was canonized in the fourteenth century, sometimes regarded as a
martyr since he died as the result of his ill treatment.
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