medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
John Dillon wrote:
>> John Dillon wrote:
>>
>>> Today (8. August) is the feast day of:
>>>
>>> Cyriacus, Largus, and Smaragdus (?).
>
> "sociorumque ejus" solves any uncertainty :-)
>
> A quick check of Saints of the Day in the list archives will show that
> the usual convention is to furnish a date in parentheses after the
> saint(s)' name(s)'. It was Phyllis' practice, and it's mine when I
> post notices under this heading, sometimes to substitute a question
> mark for the date when it's unknown when the saint(s) in question
> really lived. How "sociorumque ejus" would solve that uncertainty
> escapes me.
Sorry - I thought it was the number, name or spelling of the companions of
Cyriacus that was in doubt: there was certainly vagueness at Hereford :-)
John Briggs
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