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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >From: Phyllis Jestice <[log in to unmask]> >Today (2. July) is the feast day of: > >Visitation of the Virgin Mary (1st cent.) According to Luke 1: 39-56, when >Mary found that she was pregnant she went and visited her cousin Elisabeth, >who was six months pregnant with John the future Baptist. The event marks >the first recognition of Jesus, and according to the gospel account >inspired Mary's great praise song, the Magnificat. (Although the >chronology seems strange, since we just celebrated the nativity of John the >Baptist, and at the Visitation he wouldn't be born for another three >months.) A quick search on the net came up with a number of sources placing the Visitation at 31 May. The Catholic Encyclopedia suggests that 2 July (the older feast date) was supposed to mark the *end* of the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth, an octave after the birth of John the Baptist. 31 May makes even less sense. Francine Nicholson, M.A. _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.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