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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture With regard to the date, I'm guessing that 28 March is too close to Holy Week; the feast would often have to be transferred. 17 April would put it beyond Easter most years. Why then to July 16th? not a clue: unless there was some competition with the Carmelites, who probably had the Feast of OL of Mt. Carmel on that date by the 1680s. jw > -----Original Message----- > From: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Phyllis Jestice > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 8:48 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 16. July > > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Oops. I read my source backwards. I thought Farmer (Oxford Dictionary of > Sts) said that the Cistercian General Chapter of 1683 moved Stephen > Harding's feast FROM 16 July TO 17 April. You're right. 16. July is his > feast. Stephen Harding, important Cistercian who died in 1134 (on 28 > March, by the way; it's not clear why he's celebrated today, at least to > me). Author of the Carta Caritatis, which shaped the Cistercian > order, and > also sent out the monastic swarms that founded La Ferte, Pontigny, > Clairvaux, and Morimond. Never papally canonized, Stephen was voted into > holiness by the Cistercian General Chapter only in 1623. > > Phyllis > > >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > > >Don't I recall that the 15th is the feast of S. Stephen Harding in > >Cistercian houses? The real "founder" of the Cistercians, an > Englishman who > >appeared among the dispirited group some time after Robert of Molesme had > >left to return to his original abbey. Harding wrote a > constitution for the > >little group and inspired them to hang on...and then Bernard et > al. appeared > >and the rest is history. > >jw > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > >[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Phyllis Jestice > >Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 8:30 PM > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: [M-R] saints of the day 16. July > > > > > >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > > >Today (16. July) is the feast day of: > > > >Eustathius of Antioch (d. c. 337) Eustathius was bishop of Antioch, but > >fell foul of the Arians. As a result, he was denounced to the emperor as > >the father of a bastard child (he denied it), was deposed, and exiled. > > > >Helier (6th cent.) Helier is a martyr and the first saint of Jersey. He > >was a hermit from Belgium who lived in a cave on the island, and > was killed > >by either pagans or robbers (or perhaps both). > > > >Tenenan (7th cent.) The British Tenenan became a priest and hermit near > >Leon (Brittany). Ultimately he became bishop at Leon. His relics were > >venerated for a long time at his hermitage of Ploabennec. > > > >Plechelm (8th cent.) Plechelm was a Northumbrian missionary. He went to > >Rome on pilgrimage, was consecrated bishop there (although it's possible > >that he was consecrated by Willibrord), and proceeded with two companions > >to work in the Meuse valley (Netherlands). Like more famous missionaries > >of the time, Plechelm had Carolingian support, including the > endowment of a > >church and monastery at Roermond. > > > >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 > > Dr. Phyllis G. 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