medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Monday, April 14, 2008, at 8:24 pm, I wrote:
> Today (15. April) is the feast day of:
> 2a) Paternus of Vannes (Paterne; 5th cent.)
> 2b) Paternus of Wales (Padarn; 6th cent.?)
> Our knowledge of these two saints, both commemorated today, derives
> from a single Vita (BHL 6480) seemingly written around 1120 at
> Llanbadarn Fawr near Aberystwyth, the site of the Welsh saint's major
> cult center. This is an account of the Welsh saint calqued upon one
> of his Breton homonym into which had flowed details relating to a
> third saint of this name, Paternus of Avranches... Being
> both late and composite, it doesn't tell us much that's reliable about
> either P. The Breton one is the traditional first bishop of Vannes
> (Morbihan) and one of Brittany's seven founding saints. He seems to
> have been the P. who subscribed to the acts of a later fifth-century
> synod at Vannes. In 1964 pope Paul VI declared him patron of Vannes
> and moved his feast from the then traditional 21. April to today (P.'s
> _dies natalis_ in the Vita). Neither of these Paterni is currently
> listed in the RM.
My error. Paternus of Vannes is commemorated in the RM on 21. May. In the diocese of Vannes, this is his secondary feast, celebrating a translation of relics. See:
http://tinyurl.com/5euhyl
> An English-language version of the Vita s. Padarni is here:
> http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/celtic/ctexts/padarn.html
Best,
John Dillon
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