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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Today (9. August) is the feast day of: Emygdius (Emidius) (d. c. 303) I include this saint in honor of my old home, California, where there is an active cult of Emygdius as a protector against earthquakes. E. is supposed to have been a martyr at Ascoli Piceno (Italy). Samuel of Edessa (d. c. 496) A priest of Edessa (Syria; now Urfa, Turkey), Samuel was an active writer against the Nestorians and Monophysites. He was author of one of the "Three Chapters" that sparked the sixth-century "Three Chapters Controversy." Bandarid (Banderik) (d. 566) Bandarid was bishop of Soissons from 540 on. He was banished for seven years by Frankish king Clothar I; legend says that he spent the time working anonymously in the garden of a monastery in Britain-he was then discovered and triumphantly recalled to his office. Julian, Marcian, and companions (d. 730) The first heroes of the iconoclast struggle. One of Byzantine emperor Leo III's first public acts when he started an iconoclast policy was to order the removal of the great icon of Christ over the gate of the imperial palace. A soldier was sent to do the dirty deed, but was lynched by a group of about ten citizens-Julian, Marcian, etc. They were seized and executed. Amadeus of Portugal (d. 1482) Amadeus was a Portuguese noble who joined the Hieronomyte order and then the Franciscans, eventually becoming a lay brother at Assisi. After a time as a hermit, A. founded several reformed friaries, which in the sixteenth century were joined to the Franciscan Observants. Dr. Phyllis Jestice __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.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