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From: Terri Morgan <[log in to unmask]>
> Today, September 15, is the feast of:
> Leobin (d. 556) was from a peasant family near Poitiers. He became a hermit,
then a priest, then abbot of Brou, and ended up as bishop of Chartres.
not to be overly Picque-ay, but the AASS lists "S. Leobinus seu Leubinus,
Episcopus Carnotensis in Gallia" under "2. Mar. II, Dies 14."
why?
to beat Gordon to the Punch, here's St. Lubin's loverly Visual Vita in an
early 13th c. diaphanous lancet in a nave side aisle at Chartres:
http://snapageno.free.fr/Churches/Chartres/ScannedWindowPics/baie_45_st_lubin/index.htm
perhaps most famous for its wonderful depictions of the donors (the town's
vintners) busy at their craft (with, appropriately enough, the most
magnificent red glass in the whole place):
http://snapageno.free.fr/Churches/Chartres/ScannedWindowPics/baie_45_st_lubin/s2ch129.htm
http://snapageno.free.fr/Churches/Chartres/ScannedWindowPics/baie_45_st_lubin/s2ch134.htm
plying both their trade and the hapless locals
http://snapageno.free.fr/Churches/Chartres/ScannedWindowPics/baie_45_st_lubin/chsmb10.htm
here (i suppose) is the peasantly Lubin, learning his letters (except for a
"C"), while his brutish companion imbibes dissolutely:
http://snapageno.free.fr/Churches/Chartres/ScannedWindowPics/baie_45_st_lubin/s2ch131.htm
c
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