medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I just sent:
> Craton probably never existed in the flesh. Not known to have been
> culted in late antiquity, he is merely a character in one or more very
> legendary Passiones of the himself probably legendary Valentine of
> Terni (e.g. BHL 8460). He would appear to be a variant of the pagan
> philosopher Crato who in the originally fourth-century apocryphal Acts
> of St. John is said to have been converted by that worthy to
> Christianity.
>
> According to this confection, Craton...
Rather: According to BHL 8460,...
That should make things clearer. My apologies for the faulty editing.
--JD
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