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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >From: "Christopher M. Mislow" <[log in to unmask]> >By that standard, the octave of the feast of >St. John should be 1 July, should it not? I reported what the Catholic Encyclopedia says, but there's no way that I'm going to defend it! ;) I don't understand July 2, July 1, *or* May 31. Unless it took 3 months to get from Nazareth to wherever Elizabeth was supposed to be (is it Jerusalem in the apocrypha?), the Visitation should not be anywhere near the nativity of John. Maybe the men who calculated these dates were ignorant of biology or as numerically challenged as I am. Francine Nicholson _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.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