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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Lazarus (1st cent.) The poor man of Luke 16: 19-31. > I hadn't realized > that the lazar houses and Order of Lazarus of the > Middle Ages were named > after him, rather than his resurrected namesake. The two characters - real and fictitious - were throughly conflated. Therefore Saint Lazarus (the real person) is the patron saint of those suffering diseases of the skin, espec. lepers. MG __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.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