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From: George Brown <[log in to unmask]>
> Isn't "Bayer" just s. German for "Bavarian"? "Bayer" may also be a clipped
form of "Bayern" = "Bavaria."
perhaps, and that was certainly my first thought.
but, since Ste. Asprina was probably the least well known (some might suggest
"best unknown") saint of the Regno, "s. German" would seem to be something of
an exaggeration.
but, it's definitely not my Bailiwick, wherever the hell it might be.
c
> On Dec 3, 2010, at 9:29 AM, Christopher Crockett wrote:
>
> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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> >
> > i had always just assumed that the center of Ste. Asprina's (thanks
> > for the
> > orthographic correction, btw) cult was at Bayer --at least until the
> > original
> > patent ran out.
> >
> > but, i have never been able to actually locate "Bayer" on a map.
> >
> > apparently it is in some area of the Regno so remote that even
> > contemporary
> > map makers (much less Hagiographers) have yet to reach it.
> >
> > c
> >
> > ------ Original Message ------
> > Received: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:25:40 AM EST
> > From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 2. December
> >
> >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> >> culture
> >>
> >> A deplorable oversight and one for which I at least must beg the
> >> list's
> > pardon. A sister of Naples' St. Aspren (3. August), she was his
> > first convert
> > after he had been baptized by St. Peter. At an undetermined time
> > her relics
> > were translated to what is now Wuppertal in today's Nordrhein-
> > Westfalen,
> > whence her cult radiated to Leverkusen and to other cities of the
> > Rheinland,
> > with an important cult center later established in Frankfurt am
> > Main. A.'s
> > relics were dispersed during the years immediately following the
> > cessation of
> > hostilities in World War II. Her subsequent worldwide veneration is
> > beyond
> > the remit of this august list.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> John Dillon
> >>
> >> On Friday, December 3, 2010, at 8:53 am, christopher crockett wrote:
> >>
> >>> the much later (19th
> >>> c.)
> >>> Ste. Aspirina, and who, strangely enough, has never made an
> >>> appearance
> >>> among
> >>> the list's daily hagiographic dose in all the years that i have been
> >>> on it.
> >>
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