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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Today (7. November) is the feast day of: Prosdocimus of Padua (d. c. 100) Prosdocimus was a Greek and first bishop of Padua. According to a probably fictitious legend, he was sent from Antioch to Padua by St. Peter. Herculanus of Perugius (d. 549) Herculanus was bishop of Perugia. When the Ostrogoth Totilo captured the city, he had H. slowly flayed (my source doesn't give the reasons, but I suspect he was supporting Justinian's reconquest effort and this was a political rather than religious execution). Florentius of Strassburg (d. c. 693) Florentius was a native of Ireland who went in peregrinatio to the continent. He settled in Alsace and in c. 678 became bishop of Strassburg. Willibrord (d. 739) Willibrord was apostle of Frisia and bishop of Utrecht. He was born in Yorkshire and was educated first at Ripon under Wilfrid and then in Ireland. After returning to England, W. and twelve companions went as missionaries to Frisia. He received support from Pepin II and Pope Sergius and in time established a church organization in Frisia with Utrecht as metropolitan see. Engelbert of Cologne (d. 1225) Engelbert was never formally canonized, but he made it into the Roman Martyrology and is venerated in Cologne. He was a son of the count of Berg; his family position won him a number of good benefices, and when he was about 30 (in 1217) he was made archbishop of Cologne. Engelbert seems to have been a good administrator of his diocese, but he spent most of his time in secular affairs, including serving as regent of Germany for Frederick II. He also played an active part in the Albigensian Crusade. But E. met his end in a way that can be construed as protection of the Church. His cousin was protector of the convent of Essen, but pillaged the nuns and abused his position. E. intervened and deprived the man of his protectorship. Angered, the cousin then waylaid E. (along with 50 henchmen). E's corpse was found with 47 wounds. 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