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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dennis Martin's excellent posting reminds us that the nineteenth century was really fascinating in regard to the cult of the saints. On the one hand, there is an effort to eradicate some traditional cults, such as that of St Januarius of Naples in the interest of "modernizing" the church, and, on the other, a need to people heaven with new replacements. I suppose it would be far too difficult for Prof Jestice to collect information as to why so many of the canonized or blessed were discovered to be such long after their lives were over. But it is surely a subject worthy of attention. I knew a few Catholics were arrested during the Kulturkampf, but were there any actual martyrs? John Mundy ********************************************************************** 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