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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Today (7. November) is the feast day of: Prosdocimus (d. 100?) Prosdocimus was the first bishop of Padua. Later legend (hardly surprisingly) claimed that Peter sent him there from Antioch. Florentius of Strassburg (d. c. 693) The Irish Florentius is the "apostle of Alsace." He went to Alsace in 664, where he founded the monastery of Haslach in the Black Forest. In 678 he went on to become bishop of Strassburg, establishing an Irish monastery in that city, too. Willibrord (d. 719) The Northumbrian Willibrord was educated by Wilfrid at Ripon and also in Iona. He went from there to Frisia in c. 690, where he became missionary archbishop of Utrecht. His missionary efforts, supported by the Frankish mayor of the palace, helped consolidate Frankish control as well as converting a lot of people, and marked the beginning of the Frankish/papal alliance that came to full fruit in the late eighth and early ninth centuries. Ernest (d. 1148) The tale of Ernest is an interesting and almost certainly untrue legend. He was abbot of Zwiefalten (Swabia), but resigned in 1146 to go on the Second Crusade. So far so good, but then legendary elements take over. E. is supposed to have preached in Persia and Arabia, was tortured to death in Mecca, and his body was rescued by an Armenian priest who was handily on the scene. Engelbert of Cologne (d. 1225) Engelbert was the scion of a noble German family, giving him a headstart in the Church hierarchy. As a child he was made provost of Cologne cathedral, and in 1216 (at the age of about 30) he became archbishop. He doesn't appear to have been all that pious, but he did support the secular clergy and defend the financial rights of both the archdiocese and the monasteries in it. He died a martyr to the cause of Church governance---he rebuked his nephew for plundering the convent of Essen, and nephew responded by arranging E's murder. He is venerated as a martyr. 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