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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Forgive me if I've asked this before - I heard recently that Catherine of Alexandria had been "rehabilitated." Can anyone corroborate this? Thanks, MG --- "Jones, Dr G.R." <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval > religion and culture > > Poor old Barbara! Does any List Member have > bibliographic references later than 1959? > > Best wishes > > Graham > > **************************************** > Dr Graham Jones > Lecturer in English Topography > University of Leicester > Centre for English Local History > Marc Fitch Historical Institute > 5 Salisbury Road > Leicester LE1 7QR > United Kingdom > > Tel: +44 (0)116 252 2764 > Fax: +44 (0)116 252 5769 > > e-Mail: [log in to unmask] > Web pages: http://www.le.ac.uk/elh/grj1 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phyllis Jestice > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 04 December 2002 02:17 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [M-R] saints of the day 4. December > > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval > religion and culture > > Today (4. December) is the feast day of: > > Barbara (?) A saint of doubtful existence. There > is no evidence > whatsoever of an ancient cult. Barbara is supposed > to have been a virgin > martyr, killed in the persecution of Maximian (c. > 303). Her acta weren't > written until the seventh century, and four > different regions claimed to be > the place of her death. The Golden Legend reports > that B. was shut up in a > tower by her father, despite which princes appeared > to woo her. She became > a Christian at a time her father was away and > decided to live as a hermit. > Papa was mad and handed over to a judge; as soon as > she was condemned to > death, lightning struck her father and killed him > (this is the source of > her patronage of miners and gunners). Barbara's > feast was suppressed in > 1969. > > John of Damascus (d. c. 749) John was a monk and > theologian who lived > under Muslim rule first in Damascus, then in a > monastery near Jerusalem. > He is the other of important hymns and theological > works that were very > influential in both the eastern and western > churches. John was also an > important anti-iconoclast writer---unlike many > others, he was safe from > Byzantine persecution. John was declared a doctor > of the Church in 1890. > > Osmund (d. 1099) The Norman Osmund followed William > the Conqueror to > England, where he became a royal chaplain and > chancellor in 1072. In 1078 > he was named bishop of Salisbury, while remaining a > royal administrator. > The cause of Osmund's canonization began in 1228, > and ended up one of the > longest and most expensive processes in medieval > England, finally > succeeding in 1456. > > Christian of Prussia (d. 1245) The Cistercian > Christian was sent as a > missionary to Prussia in c. 1206. In 1215 he became > the first bishop of > the area, as a missionary bishop with his see at > Oliva (Poland?). > Christian spent most of the rest of his life as a > missionary, except for > five years that he spent as a prisoner of the > Prussians. But in 1243 the > Teutonic Knights moved into the region and Christian > was forced out. He > retired, embittered, to a monastery in Poland. > > Dr. Phyllis G. 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