medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today, January 8, is also the feast day of:
Carterius of Caesarea in Cappadocia (d. ca. 304, supposedly). C. has two legendary Passiones (BHG 296, 297) thought to be no older than the sixth century and summarized under this date in the Synaxary of Constantinople. He is said to have been a priest who by praying to Christ before an idol of Serapis caused it to break. Roman officialdom had him tortured and then beheaded (or, in another version, killed by a spear thrust). Thus far the legend.
C. is not to be confused with his homonym, the teacher of St. Gregory of Nazianzus. As far as I can tell from a search in the archives, this is C.'s first appearance in this list's 'saints of the day'.
C. as depicted in a fresco of ca. 1300, attributed to Manuel Panselinos, in the Protaton church on Mt. Athos:
http://tinyurl.com/26ozg8j
http://tinyurl.com/2ct99xx
Best,
John Dillon
(who has scraps of unused material of this sort lying about and who -- fair warning! -- may not hesitate to share some of it as the opportunity affords)
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