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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Today (20. October) is the feast day of: Artemius the Great Martyr (d. 363) I confess I don't know how he got this soubriquet. Artemius was an important Roman courtier who served as prefect of Egypt under Constantius. He was an Arian and persecuted Athansius and co. whil he was in Egypt. He was beheaded for his Christian beliefs in the reign of Julian and is venerated in the eastern church as a martyr. Andrew the Calabite (d. 766) Andrew was a Cretan monk. He went to Constantinople and publicly denounced iconoclasm. Emperor Constantine V had him tortured, then handed him over to a mob of iconoclasts who hounded him through the city and then lynched him. Aderald (d. 1004) A great relic collector, Aderald, archdeacon of Troyes, led a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and then founded the monastery of Holy Sepulcher at Samblieres to house all the relics he had collected. Adelina (d. 1125) Adelina was the sister of Vitalis of Savigny. She became abbess of a convent her brother founded in Normandy. 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