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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture If "stola" is a priest's stole, read on. If not, delete this message and forgive my ignorance, which is as pristine as anyone's. The Met Museum in NY has a picture of Saint Bernard doing something pernicious to the devil with his stole and I "believe" Saint Marcel is also depicted or described as holding back a dragon with his stole. If anyone wants further elucidation, let me know. I can probably dig up the sources for these trivia. MG > Tudwal (Tual) (6th cent.) Tudwal was a Welshman. > Along with other monks > and numerous members of his family he went to > Brittany in the sixth > century, where he erected the monastery of Lan Pabu. > Later he became a > bishop and served in Treguier until his death. In > art, he is portrayed > holding a dragon with his stola (I'd like to know > the story behind that!). > > Grisold (d. 782) Grisold was a missionary among the > Saxons, who worked > with St. Willehad. He and several companions > (including Gerwald, Folkhard, > Benjamin, Atreban, and Emming) were killed during > the Saxon rising of > 782---only Willehad was able to escape. The group > of martyrs was venerated > untio the Reformation. > > Joscius (Josbert) (not formally canonized) (d. 1163 > or 1186) Joscius was a > monk at St-Bertin in the diocese of Arras. He was > famous for his great > veneration of the Virgin Mary. According to legend, > after his death a rose > bush grew out of his mouth, with the name of Mary > inscribed on each of its > blossoms. > > John of Vercelli (blessed) (d. 1283) John was born > in c. 1210 in Italy. > He studied in Paris, and then taught law both in > Paris and Vercelli. Then > he entered the Dominican order in Vercelli. He held > several offices within > the order, and in 1264 became the sixth general of > the order. > > 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com ********************************************************************** 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