medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>A very bad habit of modern compilers of saints is that they don't
>tend to include the rich layers of medieval legend. Thus, the new
>Butler's Lives of the Saints just includes the "maybe mixed up with
>this saint, hopelessly obscure, no details, etc." that I mentioned
>in my post. The Benedictine Book of Saints says that they may have
>been authentic martyrs and their alleged tombs were in the cemtery
>of Praetextatus. The Oxford Book of Saints says: "Roman martyrs who
>were buried at the cemetery of Praetextatus on the Appian Way.
>Nothing more is known of them, but the writer of the fictitious Acts
>of Cecilia used the names of the first two for the husband and
>brother-in-law of the saint." I find similar entries in my seven
>other books of saints. I defy any leftover people from the Middle
>Ages to find *these* accounts interesting. Maybe if I had a copy of
>the Acta Sanctorum in my office and unlimited time I could find more
>of interest.
Does anyone know of a book of saints in any western European language
that DOES embrace the medieval legends, instead of the dismissiveness
and reluctance even to tell the stories that I find in the standard
works? If so, I'd love to know about it.
Phyllis
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
>Phyllis G. Jestice wrote:
>>
>>Tibertius, Valerian, and Maximus (unknown) I just didn't choose to
>>write about them because they sounded so uninteresting.
>
>Um, I don't want to seem too po-faced, but shouldn't it be what
>people in the Middle Ages found interesting? Or am I still missing
>the point?
>
>John Briggs
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