>Today, 12 December, is the feast of ...
>
>* Corentin or Cury, bishop (sixth century?)
>- first bishop of Cornouaille, whose see is now at Quimper
>- he kept a fish in a well, and he would daily cut off part of the
>fish, return it to the water, and take it out the next day completely
>recovered, and then repeat the procedure again
>
As ever these thumbnail sketches tantalize... What in tarnation was the
point of the good bishop's piscatorial scission? Do the hagiographers
indicate that they found this behavior somehow admirable, and, if so, why,
or do they see it as merely remarkable? Are there symbolic/theological
implications (given the fish's history as a Christian symbol I can see
possibilities in several directions...)?
Steven Botterill
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Italian Studies
3335 Dwinelle Hall #2620
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-2620
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