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wow, we're really Getting Down in the Weeds with these guys (and gal).
makes one wish for the Halcyon Daze of the familiar territory of the Lesser
Known Saints of the Regno.
otOh, "Vitalis is said to have visited every prostitute in Alexandria..."
well, it's a Tough Gig, being a Saint, but somebody's got to do it, i
suppose.
c
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Received: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 01:38:42 AM EST
From: Terri Morgan <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: [M-R] Feasts and Saints of the Day - January 11
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Today, January 11, is the feast day of:
>
> Anastasius of Castel Sant' Elia (d. c570) retired from his job as a notary
> of the Roman church to become a monk and abbot of Castel Sant' Elia
> (Suppentonia). According to Gregory the Great, one day he heard an angelic
> voice saying "Anastasius, come!" Anastasius and all his monks died within
> eight days.
>
> Honorata of Pavia (d. c510) What little is known about Honorata comes from
> St. Ennodius' Vita of his predecessor in the see of Pavia, St. Epiphanius
of
> Pavia. She was the latter's younger sister. As a young cleric he
consecrated
> her a virgin and entrusted her education to St. Luminosa (another of
Pavia's
> several late antique holy virgins). Epiphanius died in 498. Whether and how
> long Honorata outlived him and when her cult commenced are unknown. She was
> buried next to her brother in Pavia's church of St. Vincent (later of St.
> Vincent and St. Epiphanius). According to the thirteenth-century Cronica
> brevis de sanctis episcopis Ticinensibus, bishop St. Litifredus (r.
864-874)
> translated her remains from there to the church of the women's monastery of
> Santa Maria Vecchia, later known as Santa Maria delle Cacc[i]e. That house
> was suppressed in 1577. Honorata's relics are probably now in Pavia's
> cathedral.
>
> Miltiades (d. 314) Miltiades was either Roman or north African. He was
> elected bishop of Rome in 311. It was to Miltiades (not the more famous
> Sylvester) that Constantine granted the Lateran palace. Miltiades' cult was
> reduced to local calendars in 314.
>
> Palaemon (d. 330) Palaemon was one of the first hermits of Egypt. During
> Diocletian's persecution, Palaemon fled to Upper Egypt, to the Thebaid. He
> attracted disciples over time, of whom the most famous was Pachomios.
> Palaemon probably followed Pachomios to the great monastery the latter
> created at Tabennisi.
>
> Salvius or Sauve, bishop of Amiens (c. 625) was noted for his miracles. His
> relics were venerated in Montreuil (Picardy) before being translated to
> Amiens.
>
> Theodosius the Cenobiarch (d. 529) We know about Theodosius chiefly from
two
> closely posthumous Bioi: one by his disciple Theodosius of Petra and the
> other by the monastic hagiographer Cyril of Scythopolis. Born in a small
> town in Cappadocia he became a monk early in life. As a young man he
visited
> Antioch and received the blessing of St. Symeon Stylites. At about the age
> of thirty Theodosius traveled to Palestine, where he at first lived in a
> monastery in Jerusalem and then was a hermit in the desert for thirty
years.
> In about 465 he founded near Bethlehem a cenobitic monastery that proved
> very popular and that had chapels for monks of different languages as well
> as a main church where the liturgy was celebrated in Greek. The community
> grew quickly, and was especially famous for care of the sick and elderly.
> In 494 patriarch Sallustius of Jerusalem put Theodosius in charge of all
> the cenobitic monasteries in Palestine (hence the title by which he is
> known). An opponent both of Eutychianism and of monophysite views, he was
> briefly removed from that post by the monophysite-inclined emperor
> Anastasius (from whom he also received a large donative which he then
> distributed to the poor). Theodosius is said to have been over one hundred
> years old at his death. His monastery survived the Arab conquest of
> Palestine and lasted until about 1400.
> Here's a view of the oldest known portrait of Theodosius, in the lower
> portion (below St. Chariton the Confessor) of an eighth- or ninth-century
> triptych wing at the monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai:
> http://tinyurl.com/73b4fx
> Theodosius as depicted in the mid-eleventh-century mosaics of the Nea
> Moni on Chios: http://tinyurl.com/y8rgbbs
> Theodosius as depicted in a thirteenth-century menaion from Cyprus
> (Paris, BnF, ms. Grec 1561, fol. 55v): http://tinyurl.com/yexcftv
> Theodosius as depicted in the (1335-1350) frescoes of the south nave
> (parecclesion of St. Nicholas) in church of the Holy Ascension at the
Visoki
> Dečani monastery near Peć in, depending on one's view of the matter,
either
> the Republic of Kosovo or Serbia's province of Kosovo and Metohija:
> http://tinyurl.com/y8qpbjx
> Theodosius as depicted (at left; St. Anthony of Egypt at right) in the
> frescoes (1502) by Dionisy and sons in the Virgin Nativity cathedral of the
> St. Ferapont Belozero (Ferapontov Belozersky) monastery at Ferapontovo in
> Russia's Vologda oblast:
> http://www.dionisy.com/eng/museum/123/137/index.shtml
>
> Vitalis of Gaza (d. c625) was a monk. At the age of 60 he was inspired by
> the story of Jesus and the adultress to go to Alexandria and take up a
> ministry to the prostitutes. He worked as a day laborer, and with the
> proceeds would buy a night's entertainment from a prostitute. Then he would
> reason with her, pray with her, etc., and try to get her to give up the
life
> (which seems based on the odd premise that prostitutes enter the line of
> business for the fun of it), making the whore promise not to tell what he
> was doing. Vitalis is said to have visited every prostitute in Alexandria
> this way, and to have won over many. But one day when leaving a brothel,
he
> was hit on the head and mortally wounded by a man who apparently
> misunderstood his intentions.
>
>
> Terri Morgan
> --
> From the Book of Kerric:
> "It requires great strength to be kind, whereas even the very weak can be
> brutal. Likewise, to speak hard truths fearlessly is often the hallmark of
> greatness. Bring me one who is both gentle and truthful, ...and I will show
> you an iron oak among hawthorns, a blessing on all who know them."
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