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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture From this account, it appears as if Besas were a Christian sympathiser, closet Christian - maybe (?) not a baptised Cht. at all. Several accounts of 3C saints celebrate matyrs created when bystanding soldiers & civilians do things like Besas did. Lots of baptised but closeted Christians? Or are they unbaptised, instant convert-martyrs, express-laned right into heaven, pace Augustine? (I don't actually mean "are they saved" but rather "in the Middle Ages, how were they seen to have achieved sainthood w/o having been baptised") Theresa (note also that I recognize that in c 250 they were illegal, but that has only an indirect effect on whether or not they were "out") >>> [log in to unmask] 02/26/03 10:41PM >>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Today (27. February) is the feast day of: Besas (d. 250) Besas was an Alexandrian soldier, on duty when Julian and Cronion Eunus were led to their execution. B. tried to shield them from the abusive mob, which the mob took so badly that they seized B. and killed him on the street. ********************************************************************** 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