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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Today (21. February) is the feast day of: Severian of Scythopolis (d. c. 452) Bishop of Scythopolis (now Bet Shean, Israel), Severian attended the council of Chalcedon in 451 and vigorously supported the decrees passed there against monophysitism. On his return home he was murdered by followers of the monophysite bishop of Jerusalem. Paterius (d. 606) Paterius was a Roman monk, a follower and friend of Gregory the Great. He served as notary of the Roman church, then became bishop of Brescia. He was a voluminous biblical commentator. Pepin of Landen (d. c. 646) The Carolingian Pepin was mayor of the palace for three Merovingian kings. He was part of a very saintly family---his wife was St. Ida of Nivelles, and his daughters were SS Begga and Gertrude of Nivelles. Pepin was a peace-lover, and known for his justice. His cult (surprise, surprise) was popular at Nivelles. Germanus and Randoald (d. c. 677) Germanus was from Trier; he became a monk and in time abbot of Grandval (Switzerland), with Randoald as his prior. The two tried to defend the peasants of the area, who were being oppressed by their lord---the lord was annoyed and killed G. and R. George of Amastris (d. c. 825) George was from Kromna (near Amastris on the Black Sea coast). He became a hermit on Mt. Sirik, then a monk, and finally bishop of Amastris. He successfully defended his city when it was attacked by Muslims. Peter Damian (d. 1072) Peter Damian of Ravenna was well-educated, taught at Ravenna, but then became a monk at Fonte Avellana in 1035. He was one of the great monastic reformers of the eleventh century, but in 1057 was forced to become cardinal bishop of Ostia (his letters begging to be relieved of the office are very sad). PD thus became extremely active in the broader reform of the western church producing a large number of treatises and letters (four large volumes in the modern MGH edition, not including sermons). He was declared a doctor of the church in 1828. 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