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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Verena, predvsem VERENA. Cestitam za god! Sem verjel do sedaj, da je ime cisto pogansko. Matej -----Izvorno sporočilo----- Od: Phyllis Jestice <[log in to unmask]> Za: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Datum: 1. september 2001 16:50 Zadeva: [M-R] saints of the day 1. September >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > >Today (1. September) is the feast day of: > >Priscus of Capua (c. 66?) According to legend, Priscus was a disciple of >St. Peter. He was sent by Peter to Capua, where he became the first >bishop. He is supposed to have been martyred during the reign of Nero. > >Verena (mid 4th cent.) Verena is one of the most-honored saints in >Switzerland. According to legend, she was connected to the Theban Legion, >and after their martyrdom went to Solothurn or Zurzach in what is now >Switzerland. There she cared for the poor and sick, and converted many to >Christianity. > >Regulus of Populonia (d. 542) According to legend, Regulus was a bishop >who fled from Africa to Tuscany because of Arian persecution, where he was >beheaded by emissaries of Totila. > >Drithelm (d. c. 700) The English Drithelm converted to the monastic life >when he recovered from a deathly illness. He divided his goods equally >between his wife, his sons, and the poor, and lived for the rest of his >life at the monastery of Melrose. > >Aegidius (Giles) (d. c. 720) Aegidius was possibly a Greek. He lived as a >hermit near Arles, later founding the monastery that was later named >St-Gilles after him. In the Middle Ages his tomb in the monastic church >was a famous pilgrimage stop on the way to Compostela. Aegidius is one of >the 14 Holy Helpers. He was excluded from the Roman reformed calendar in >1969. > >Juliana di Collatlo (blessed) (d. 1262) Juliana was born in 1186 near >Treviso in northern Italy. At the age of ten, at her own wish she became a >Benedictine nun. She later became an abbess in Padua, then after 1226 >founded the content of SS. Biagio e Cataldo in Venice, where she was abbess >until her death. Her local cult was approved in the eighteenth century by >Pope Benedict XIV. > >Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice >[log in to unmask] > >********************************************************************** >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 > ********************************************************************** 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