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Herewith a link to an earlier 'Saints of the day' for 29. May (including St. Conon [Conus] of Iconium and his son; St. Hesychius of Antioch; Sts. Sisinnius, Martyrius, and Alexander [the Martyrs of the Val di Non]; St. Senator of Milan; St. Bona of Pisa; Bl. Gherardesca):
http://tinyurl.com/89l45at
Further to Hesychius of Antioch:
In the fourth paragraph of that earlier post's notice of this saint, for 'Pantocrator' please read 'Holy Ascension'.
Further to to Sisinnius, Martyrius, and Alexander:
A revised set of visuals for the basilica dei Santi Martiri at Sanzeno (TN):
An illustrated, Italian-language page:
http://www.santimartiri.org/italiano/basilica/arte/index.html
Five pages of expandable views begin here:
http://www.santimartiri.org/italiano/basilica/
Single views (exterior):
http://tinyurl.com/7q7rejz
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2661/3896300930_a94c96a94c_z.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7202/6812400304_17a0d48d9e_z.jpg
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/10337651.jpg
http://trentino100.tripod.com/demoweb/Immagine%20087.jpg
http://trentino100.tripod.com/demoweb/Immagine%20089.jpg
Single views (interior):
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/39850029.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elwyng/3895524011/lightbox/
http://tinyurl.com/c854sys
Single views (chapel of the martyrs):
http://tinyurl.com/dx3pagj
http://tinyurl.com/cxtoscd
A revised set of visuals for the chiesa di San Sisinio / St. Sisinius Kirche at Lasa / Laas (BZ):
Two pages with expandable views:
http://www.sagen.at/fotos/showphoto.php/photo/9936
http://tinyurl.com/7gvhfww
Single views:
http://tinyurl.com/334kpyw
http://tinyurl.com/7f75z5t
http://tinyurl.com/3yvcw9x
Today (29. May) is also the feast day of:
Maximinus of Trier (d. 346?). This early bishop of Trier when it was still one of the imperial residences of the Roman Empire is known from late antique sources primarily as a committed defender of Nicene orthodoxy against the theological positions advanced by Arius and his successors. He provided hospitality in Trier to the exiled St. Athanasius of Alexandria in 336 and 337 and again in 343. Though he did not attend, he was one of the organizers of the council of Serdica / Sardica in 343 and was one of the western prelates to be anathematized by name in the Arian reaction organized by eastern bishops. St. Gregory of Tours, who in his Vita of bishop St. Nicetius of Trier informs us indirectly that Maximinus was buried in that city's northern cemetery, attests to his important cult there in a church of St. John and of miracles occurring at his tomb. In time that church of St. John came to be called after Maximinus as did also the major monastery that grew up around it in the early Middle Ages and that of course promoted his cult. Maximinus has a series of late eighth- and ninth-century Vitae (BHL 5822-5824; 5824 was written by Servatus Lupus of Ferrières) that are lightly regarded by modern historians. These texts present him as being of noble birth, a native of Aquitania, and the brother of the bishop of Poitiers; they also have him use as a pack animal on one of his journeys a bear that had slain his ass and have him die near Poitiers while visiting relatives with his body later returned to Trier.
Excavation between 1978 and 1995 at the site of Trier's former Abtei St. Maximin has revealed a fourth-century Christian cemetery with an impressively large structure that may once have been the resting place of Trier's early bishops. Some views of it are here:
http://www.roscheiderhof.de/kulturdb/client/einObjekt.php?id=33
The perhaps originally tenth- or eleventh-century église Saint-Maximin in today's Mouterre-Silly (Vienne), rebuilt in the earlier thirteenth century, was believed medievally (to say nothing of later periods) to have marked the site of Maximinus' initial burial. Herewith a few views of this structure:
http://tinyurl.com/dyk9xbw
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/5936605.jpg
http://www.mesvoyagesenfrance.com/D86/mouterre.html [first two views only; the rest are of another church]
Best,
John Dillon
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