medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Jim Bugslag wrote:
>
>>> And there are those who believe non-saint Edward II lived out his
>>> years in an Italian monastery, where he lies buried to this day.
>>
>> This is today's Hermitage of St. Albert of Butrio in today's Ponte
>> Nizza (PV) in Lombardy. There were views of it in this year's
>> Saints of the Day for 5. September. I don't know how much of this
>> business of Edward II's reputed grave there exists in English but
>> there's plenty in Italian, alas.
>
> G.P. Cuttino and Thomas Lyman, "Where is Edward II?", Speculum, vol.
> 53, no. 3 (1978), 522-44.
There's been a flurry on the letters page of the TLS recently, mostly
occasioned by one Ian Mortimer (who might be expected to be biased...) who
has written a book on the subject, but no one takes that seriously.
John Briggs
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