medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Sunday, May 24, 2009, at 11:12 pm, I wrote:
> Elpidius (d. late 4th cent., supposedly). This less well known saint
> of the Regno is the patron saint of today's Sant'Arpino (CE) in
> Campania between Naples and Capua. One of the successors of ancient
> Atella, the town is first attested from 1175 when it was called villa
> sancti Elpidii.
Er, the town is first attested under E.'s name in an act of sale from 820; it so appears again in 1175 when it was called villa Sancti Elpidii.
> Both texts make E. bishop of Atella. The Salerno lections add that E.
> was famous for healing the physically ill and for expelling from the
> possessed, ...
Er, and for expelling demons from the possessed.
C. is also the patron saint of Casapulla (CE) in Campania, whose late eighteenth-century church dedicated to him replaced one consecrated in 1467. That church had one or more predecessors of the same dedication documented from 1174 onward.
Best again,
JD
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