medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Saturday, May 31, 2008, at 9:35 am, Diana Wright wote:
> In the 15thC, in records from the Morea with which I deal, there is
> the
> occasional mention of churches to Sta. Veneranda. The town of
> Nauplion had a Sta. Veneranda outside the [pathetic] city walls & the
>
> main road going from Nauplion toward Argos was called the /strada
> Santa
> Veneranda. /I 3 find churches to Sta. Venerada in 14th C Crete, where
>
> the Albanian presence was minimal, if at all.
>
> I have assumed that Veneranda is the Italian understanding of the
> Greek
> Agia Pareskevi -- Saint Friday -- venerdi
That's correct. She's widely venerated in mainland southern Italy and Sicily as Veneranda and/or Venera and in some places (e.g., Acireale, where she's the patron saint; also coastal Campania) has received legendary identification as a virgin martyr.
But this V. is not the V. of the Roman catacomb church.
Best again,
John Dillon
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