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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Hi Phyllis, let me second Cecilias query! Unlike Margrethe of Roskilde, Ingebjorg is not mentioned in that Bible of Medieval Scandinavia, the Kulturhistorisk Leksikon for nordisk middelalder. does the cult originate in denmark or in france? Meg >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >On Sun, 29 Jul 2001, Phyllis Jestice wrote: >> Ingeborg (d. 1237) Ingeborg, a daughter of the king of Denmark, was born >> in c. 1176. At the age of 17 she was married to the French King Philip II. >> After a month, however, Philip set Ingeborg aside and married Agnes of >> Meran in her place. Ingeborg appealed to the pope, who threatened Philip >> with excommunication if he did not return to Ingeborg. Philip submitted, >> but despised Ingeborg and had two children by Agnes. When Agnes died, >> Ingeborg cared for the children. She won widespread admiration for her >> kindness and patience in adversity. >> >Phyllis - I'm curious about this. Any of us who work on Capetian culture >know about Ingebourg and what can only seem as her unfortuante treatment >at the hands of Philip Augustus, but I've never heard of her a saint >Ingebourg. Any leads about to what extent she was actually venerated as >such? where? and under what circumstances? fascinating! >-cecilia >********************************************************************** >To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME >to: [log in to unmask] >To send a message to the list, address it to: >[log in to unmask] >To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion >to: [log in to unmask] >In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >[log in to unmask] >For further information, visit our web site: >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html Margaret Cormack [log in to unmask] Dept. of Philosophy and Religion fax: 843-953-6388 College of Charleston tel: 843-953-8033 Charleston, SC 29424-0001 ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html