medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Nov 11, 2009, at 6:23 PM, John Dillon wrote:
> Today (11. November) is the feast day of:
> 2) Martin of Tours (d. ca. 397). According to his student and
> biographer Sulpicius Severus, M. was a Pannonian who entered the
> Roman army at the age of fifteen and who was discharged at the age
> of twenty, two years after his baptism. Still according to
> Sulpicius, whose Vita of M. (BHL 5610, 5610b) is greatly influenced
> by Athanasius' of St. Anthony, M. then visited Poitiers, whose St.
> Hilary ordained him exorcist and later founded a monastery headed by
> him. M. was elected bishop of Tours in 370/71. In that office he
> is said to have continued to practice an ascetic lifestyle, to have
> been a thaumaturge, and to have prescribed for his clergy a monastic
> education.
Any ideas where I would look to discover how popular Martin was in
15th-century Spain? Did they eat "Martinmas geese" there?
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O Chris Laning <[log in to unmask]> - Davis, California
+ http://paternoster-row.org - http://paternosters.blogspot.com
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