>Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 23:01:15
>To: [log in to unmask]
>From: Michele Bacci <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: FEAST 25 September
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>>Aunacharius or Aunaire, bishop of Auxerre (605): Zealous for discipline
>>in his diocese, Aunacharius forbade Christians to use churches for
>>dancing and to sing ribald songs. Nor were the people in his diocese to
>>dress themselves up as stags or calves on New Year's day, or to make
>>vows before "holy" bushes, trees and wells, or to practice sympathetic
>>magic.
>>
>
>Where is it possible to read the Latin vita of this saint (in the Acta
Sanctorum, I suppose?) I am interested in the theme of vows presented to
holy bushes, a folkloric practice widely diffused, especially in the Middle
East.
>On this subject, I found interesting insights in o. Giordano's Religiosità
popolare nel Medioevo, Bari 1979. I would be glad to anyone knowing further
bibliographic references.
>
>Michele Bacci
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