medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Thanks, John, for a splendidly learned answer!
On 3 Dec 2006 at 12:37, John Dillon wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> On Sunday, December 3, 2006, at 11:08 am, Jim Bugslag wrote:
>
> > > Today (3. December) is the feast day of:
> > >
> > > Galganus (d. 1181).
> >
> > John,
> > Is it just me, or are there echoes here of Monte "Gargano"?
>
> Jim,
>
> The spelling 'Gargan-' is standard in classical Greek and Latin references to the promontory in northern Puglia. But in many forms of Italo-Romance 'l' and 'r' are interchangeable in consonsant clusters. Older IR texts (and older Latin texts written by speakers of forms of IR) frequently
spell this toponym as 'Galgano'; there's an instance in Machiavelli's _Istorie fiorentine_ on this page:
> http://tinyurl.com/y6dl96
> Conversely, I have heard the site of G.'s abbey referred to as 'San Gargano'.
>
> 'G(u)algano' (Latin, 'G[u]alganus') is a well-attested Tuscan first name. Two twelfth-century instances in the spelling 'Galganus' occur in the onomastic thickets here:
> http://digilander.libero.it/gasparo/pagina6.htm
> The name seems Germanic in origin and is probably Lombard.
>
> Curiously (given the sword-in-the-stone motif) there is an Arthurian name 'Walgan', 'Walewein', etc. that's presumably Celtic in origin.
>
> Best again,
> John Dillon
>
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