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Herewith a link to an earlier 'Saints of the day' for 16. January (includings Sts. Marcellus I, pope; Honoratus of Arles; Titianus of Oderzo; Fursey; and Giovanna of Bagno di Romagna):
http://tinyurl.com/7k3gxuo
In that earlier post's notice of Marcellus I, the first link, to a translation of Jacopo da Varazze's _Legenda aurea_, is to a version in modern English that has been made available by Google Books (for those with access to Google Books).
In that same notice, the link to a page with hotlinks to views of the frescoes in the chiesa di San Marcello papa at Paruzzaro (NO) in Piedmont no longer functions. Expandable views of some of these are accessible from here:
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_di_San_Marcello_%28Paruzzaro%29
Other views are here:
http://tinyurl.com/7p3jne9
In that same notice, the first two links for the basilica di San Marcello in Montalino at Stradella (PV) in Lombardy no longer function. Herewith a larger general view and another detail view of the varied layers of masonry:
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/60377168.jpg
http://tinyurl.com/7tr2vs8
In that same notice, the views of Pacentro (AQ) in Abruzzo remind me that Pacentro will be the base location for the previously announced study tour this coming June of impressive Romanesque churches in Abruzzo, details of which are available here:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mary.zajicek/Romanesque.html
In the earlier post's notice of Honoratus of Arles, several of the links to views of the exterior of the église Saint-Honorat in the Alyscamps at Arles no longer function. Herewith a few replacements, ending with a view of the one wall of the never-completed nave:
http://tinyurl.com/725rxgb
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ville-arles/6516040407/
http://tinyurl.com/84z5ge3
http://tinyurl.com/7wduk7n
http://tinyurl.com/7244dx6
http://tinyurl.com/7odk5cj
Add to the notice these views of the originally early thirteenth-century chapelle Saint-Honorat at Plan des Mées in Les Mées (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence):
http://image.loomji.fr/mo/1128/chapelle-saint-honorat.jpg
http://tinyurl.com/7u9uq5p
This officially recognized historical monument appears to be in rather poor condition. See some of the photographs of it in the first two rows here:
http://tinyurl.com/7o7u4o4
Also add to that notice this detail view of Honoratus as depicted in a fifteenth-century retable in the cathédrale de Notre-Dame-du-Puy in Grasse (Alpes-Maritimes):
http://tinyurl.com/6q2a37e
In the earlier post's notice of Titianus of Oderzo, the second and third links to views of his effigy tomb in Vittorio Veneto no longer function. Use this instead (for scale and to see how the tomb is displayed):
http://tinyurl.com/7rcjq9w
In that same notice, the link previously given for the view of the altarpiece (with St. Titianus at lower left) in the chiesa arcipretale di Santa Maria Assunta in Lentiai (BL) in the Veneto no longer functions. Herewith a smallish view of the same work:
http://www.leggievai.it/wp-content/photos/tiziano_polittico.jpg
16. January is also the feast day of:
Melas (d. later 4th cent.). We know about this reported victim of Arian persecution under the eastern emperor Valens (364-378) from Sozomen's brief account of fidelity to Nicene orthodoxy in the Egyptian see of Rhinocolura (_Historia ecclesiastica_, 6. 31). According to Sozomen (writing up something he had heard or read), when Valens' agents arrived at Rhinocolura to effect the ejection of priests whose Christianity was not Arian they found its bishop Melas at work in his church, wearing oil-soiled clothing and tending to the lamps. When they asked where the bishop could be found Melas said that he would take them to him. Bringing the tired travelers to his residence, he provided them with a meal, served them, and then revealed who he was. The astonished agents in turn announced their mission but respectfully gave him a chance to go where he would rather than to suffer relegation. Melas declined, saying that he should share the common fate of those who were being removed. Sozomen adds that Melas lived according to all the monastic virtues and that he was succeeded by his brother, a former merchant who had entered religion and had been instructed by Melas and by other ascetics.
The _Catalogus sanctorum_ (ca. 1375) of Petrus de Natalibus and other late medieval martyrologies enter Melas under today. The RM's first editor, Pietro Galesino, followed suit.
Best,
John Dillon
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