medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 21:57:42 -0500
Jim Bugslag wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
>> Simeon the Armenian (d. 1016) Simeon went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem
>> in 982 and from there on to Rome. He was accused of heresy but
>> exonerated, and went on to make a tour of the main pilgrimage shrines
>> of France and Spain.
>
>Is there any record of which shrines, in particular, he visited in France and Spain?
>
Better known in some languages as Symeon of Polirone, after the locale (today's San Benedetto Po, outside of Mantua) of the monastery that promoted his cult, S. has a Life and Miracles (BHL no. 7952-53) written by a monk of Polirone and dated by John M. Howe (_Studi medievali_, 3a ser., 25 [1984], 291-99) to the pontificate of Benedict IX (1032-45). This has a modern edition by Paolo Golinelli in _Studi medievali_, 3a ser., 20 [1979], 709-788 ("La 'vita' di San Simeone monaco"); that's not available to me as I write this, but the text of the Life in the _Acta Sanctorum_ specifically names (in ch. 5) only St. James at Compostella and St. Martin at Tours.
Whether that's actually a record or, instead, a piece of exemplary fiction is of course another matter.
Best,
John Dillon
PS: The abbey complex of Polirone is extensive. A website devoted to it is here:
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/fgazzoli/sbenedettopo/sbenedettopo.htm
A shot of its Cloister of St. Symeon is here:
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/fgazzoli/sbenedettopo/chiostross.htm
And some other medievally pertinent images are here:
http://www.itis.mn.it/vc43/proto/italy/sbp/colleg/45high.htm
and here:
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/fgazzoli/sbenedettopo/mosaico.htm
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