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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture My local linguist (Heather Rose Jones) comments: >>St. Budoc (6th cent.) A saint from one of the Celtic-speaking lands. It's >>nice to see that his hagiographers couldn't figure out whether he was >>Cornish, Welsh, or Breton either---legend reports that Budoc was born at >>sea in a barrel (his mother had been falsely accused of infidelity and her >>jealous stepmother had her thrown into the sea in a barrel). B's mother >>(Azenor) reached Ireland and became a washer-woman at a monastery near >>Waterford---a nice case of derivation from Greek mythology, as Farmer >>points out, but it doesn't help much in figuring out Budoc's antecedents. > >Given his mother's name, it sounds pretty certain that _she_ was >Breton. Maybe they're just considering him "multi-cultural". Hmm, >"My mother was Breton, but she was driven away from home, and I was >born at sea in a barrel as we washed up on the shores of Ireland. >After I became a wandering monk, I traveled to Wales where I founded >several monasteries ..." sounds like a persona story to me! -- _________________________________________________________ O Chris Laning | <[log in to unmask]> + Davis, California _________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************** 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