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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Aaah! That explains a lot. Thanks. MG --- Phyllis Jestice <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval > religion and culture > > I like the way Farmer starts his article about > Catherine of Alexandria in > his Oxford Dictionary of Saints: > > "There is no ancient cult of this saint, no mention > in early Martyrologies, > no early works of art. The cult began in the 9th > century at Mount Sinai, > to which her body was supposed to have been > transported by 'angels', though > this may have been a misinterpretation of 'monks', > often described in > antiquity as living an 'angelic' life." > > Since she is supposed to have lived in the early > fourth century, that seems > a long time of silence before the first word on > Catherine is extant. So it > seems that the Vatican's complaint was that C's cult > *wasn't* ancient, > despite the antiquity of the monastery that produced > the legend. > > Phyllis > > >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of > medieval religion and culture > > > >Doctissimi, > > > >Phyllis' recent posting RE Philomena reminded me of > a > >question I've been meaning to pose. If it's naive > or > >would require a huge and complicated response, feel > >free to ignore it. Here goes: > >Why was a saint as popular as was Catherine of > >Alexandria, and whose cult is so very ancient, have > >had her cult suppressed? I can see cutting out > utterly > >fantastic stuff, but as I recall, her legend was > not > >so bizarre. It would seem to me that the extent of > >devotion to her and the longevity of her cult would > >argue FOR at least a kernel of a real person at the > >core of the legend (forgive the mixed metaphor). > Saint > >Denis' (of Gaul) legend is rife with nonsense yet > no > >one suggests that he didn't exist. > >Thanks in advance for any enlightenment. > >MG > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > >http://www.hotjobs.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 > > 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!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.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