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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture My guess is that it was to protect him from relic-seekers. As I learned from this list recently, people used to steal the railings around the shrines/beds of Martin of Tours. MG --- Theresa Gross-Diaz <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval > religion and culture > > I know this is a little late in the game, but... > what was the grate protecting him from? > This question has been "grating" on me all month... > TGD > > >>> [log in to unmask] 01/31/03 08:01PM >>> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval > religion and culture > > Today (1. February) is the feast day of: > John of the Grating (d. c. 1170) John got his > nickname from the metal > cover needed to protect his grave. He was a Breton > who entered Clairvaux > under Bernard. In time, John was sent back to > Brittany, where he founded > two monasteries before becoming bishop of Aleth (he > moved the see to > Saint-Malo). > > ********************************************************************** > 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!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.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