medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
John Dillon wrote:
> On Monday, July 3, 2006, at 6:21 pm, John Briggs wrote:
>> John Dillon wrote:
>>>
>>> Okay, so no one else is going to observe that in the Roman Calendar
>>> today (3. July) is the feast of Thomas the Apostle ([Jude] Thomas
>>> Didymus).
>>
>> Strictly speaking, his translation feast.
>
> What's your source for this? There's no hint in the Italian-language
> version of the new RM that, within the context of the Roman Calendar,
> this is a translation feast. Here's what it says:
> "Festa di S. Tommaso Apostolo, non credette agli altri discepoli che
> gli annunciavano la resurrezione di Cristo, ma come lo stesso Gesu'
> gli mostro' il costato perforato esclamo' : 'Signore mio e Dio
> mio'. Con quella fede si dice che Egli abbia evangelizzato l'India."
And this is what the 'old' RM said:
Edessae, in Mesopotamia, Translatio sancti Thomae Apostoli ex India; cujus
reliquiae Ortonam, apud Frentanos, postea translatae sunt.
In which case, of course, there ought to be another translation feast, but I
can't find it :-)
John Briggs
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