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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Today (14. July) is the feast day of: Deusdedit of Canterbury (d. 664) Deusdedit was a South Saxon who became the first native primate of the Anglo-Saxon Church in 653. Nothing more is known of him except that he died during the plague that swept western Europe. Marchelm (d. c. 762) Marchelm (aka Marculf, Marcellinus) was an Anglo-Saxon monk, a follower of Willibrord in his missionary venture to the Frisians. M. spent 15 years evangelizing Frisians and then joined Lebuin in the Saxon mission field. M. built a church at Deventer, but it was burned down during a pagan attack. Ulric of Zell (d. 1093) Ulric was a native of Regensburg to a noble family. They arranged for him to become archdeacon and provost of Freising, but somebody else filled the job while U. wandered off on pilgrimage to Rome and Jerusalem. So instead of making a fuss, U. became a monk at Cluny in 1052. He became founding abbot of Zell in the Back Forest and of the convent of Bollschweil. Stephen of Makhra (d. 1406) Stephen was a native of Kiev who became a monk at the Caves Monastery. But he moved on to Muscovite territory, and Ivan II gave him land at Makhra, where S. founded a monastery in 1358. He went on from there to found the monastery of the Holy Trinity near Vologda. S's relics were found incorrupt in 1550. A modern saint: Camillus de Lellis (d. 1614) Camillus fought as a soldier for Venice, gambled too much, and at the age of 24 found himself broke in Naples. He became a Capuchin novice, but couldn't be professed because of a leg disease. C. ended up caring for the sick, and he and two companions boldly decided to found a congregation, the Ministers of the Sick (the Camellians). They cared for the sick in Rome and Naples and in 1591 were formed into a religious order---the same year that members of the group went to minister to wounded troops in Hungary and Croatia. C. was canonized in 1746, declared patron of the sick (along with John of God) by Leo XIII, and named patron of nurses by Pius XI. ********************************************************************** 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