medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Monday, June 19, 2006, at 11:57 am, John Briggs wrote:
> John Dillon wrote:
> > On Monday, June 19, 2006, at 3:44 am, John Briggs wrote, apropos
> > Gervase and Prostase:
> >
> > Seriously, though, their cult was widespread, old, AND vouched
> for by
> > a major figure in the early history of Latin Christianity. Hence
> the> change in emphasis in G. and P.'s laterculus in the RM from this
> > (taken from a "1749" version that includes Albertus Magnus,
> canonized> in 1931):
> >
> > "At Milan, the holy martyrs Gervase and Protase, brothers. The
> > former, by order of the judge Astasius, was scourged with leaded
> > whips for so long that he expired. The latter, after being scourged
> > with rods, was beheaded. Through divine revelation their bodies
> were> found by St. Ambrose. They were partly covered with blood,
> and as
> > free from corruption as if they had been put to death that very day.
> > When the translation took place, a blind man recovered his sight by
> > touching their relics, and many persons possessed by demons were
> > delivered."
> > See:
> > http://www.breviary.net/martyrology/mart06/mart0619.htm
>
> That site also gives the Latin version - which is just as well,
> because
> their translations are not always impeccable.
Indeed. Which is why I furnished the URL.
>
> > to this (my translation from the online Italian-language version of
> > the new RM):
> > "At Milan, saints Gervase and Protase, martyrs, whose bodies were
> > recovered by St. Ambrose and placed on this day with great solemnity
> > in a new basilica built by him."
> > See:
> > http://tinyurl.com/o3acg
>
> It would be useful if there was a site with an English version -
> and ideally
> the Latin, of course.
Yes, it would. Especially as this Italian-language version has its
share of obvious typos and thus, presumably, also its share of
unintentional departures from the sense of the Latin.
Best again,
John Dillon
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