medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear All,
The 'saints of the day' feature, originally entitled 'FEAST', is a venerable tradition of this list. I took it over from Phyllis Jestice in July 2006 when after several weeks no one else had volunteered to do so. My intent then was to provide brief notices for only about three years and, as these seemed hitherto often to have been omitted from such postings, to pay special attention to saints of the former mostly mainland kingdom of Sicily (commonly but never officially known as the Kingdom of Naples), in Italian contexts often referred to simply as the Regno.
Those three years and more have now passed. As my expressed hope that others would also contribute notices has seldom been realized, I have increasingly included saints initially passed over in what had been a failed attempt to elicit contributions from their outraged or disappointed devotees or partisans. In my choices I hope I have been mindful of geographic, linguistic, and political diversity, though saints of some areas have certainly been underrepresented (this is especially true for eastern Europe and the Middle East, many of whose saints are absent from the Roman Martyrology). I have sought as well to bring to the list's attention places off the beaten track for most medievalists (if not altogether off their radar). But a fresh view and a different set of experiences and biases would be helpful.
With that in mind, I am announcing that calendar year 2010 will be my last as a regular contributor of 'saints of the day' notices. I intend to use this year chiefly to correct some of the numerous typos and other infelicities committed during the daily (usually end-of-the-day) rush to get the posting done as well as to provide notices of some saints whose absence from these selective postings over the last few years has been a source of personal regret.
Best,
John Dillon
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