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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Bless you Phyllis. What a resource you are. But I still have a problem, since the incipit of the sermon: is exaltavi electum de plebe mea (Ps 88.20), in hiis verbis psalmus ad laudem beati landrici regis et confessoris tria notatur scilicet dei erga beatum land[dricum?] specialiter benignitas cum dicit exaltavi... So it appears this guy was a king and confessor. (Which is why, I'm sure, Schneyer assumed it was Louis - the hand is dreadful) cecilia On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Phyllis Jestice wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > I've come up with three alternatives: > Landeric (Landry) of Meaux, a 7th-century bishop of Meaux and then abbot of > Soignies (feast day Apr 17) > > Landeric of Novalese (d. c. 1050) A parish priest of Savoy, then > Benedictine monk at Novalese, drowned in a river by some guys he > reprimanded (feast day June 10) > > Landeric of Paris, a bishop of Paris who died in c. 661, founder of the > first Hotel-Dieu in Paris (feast day also June 10) > > For people who have occasion to look up obscure saints, I recommend The > Book of Saints, edited by Basil Watkins, 7th ed. It has about 10,000 > saints in it. I weeded out the ones with the label "nothing is known about > this saint" when I made an index by date for myself, and that still left me > with a list of 6,790. While Farmer's Oxford Dictionary os Saints is quite > wonderful for the British Isles, his coverage of the rest of the world is a > great deal lighter, only hitting the "big names." > > Phyllis > > >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > > >Dear All, > > > >I am hoping the collective expertise of this list might be able to solve a > >problem for me. In Schneyer's Repertorium he lists a certain sermon by > >John of Essone in BNF Lat 16499, fols 194v-195v to Louis IX. The hand is > >quite messy. The saint is NOT, however, Louis (Ludovicus), but another > >saint, whom I can't identify. > > > >The saint is called somethign like LANDRICUS. The scribe/author > >consistently abbreviates his name. Lad'ci / Lad'cus / Lad'9 (=us), etc., > >depending upon the part of speech. In all cases the "a" comes with a > >suspension over it. So, something like Landricus, or Landercus. But I > >cannot place such a saint; having perused through the Oxford dictionary of > >saints, and the like. > > > >If any body is inspired as to whom this might be, I would be quite > >grateful. > > > >thanks in advance, > >Cecilia Gaposchkin > > > >********************************************************************** > >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 > > Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice > [log in to unmask] > > ********************************************************************** > 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 > ********************************************************************** 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