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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture From Phyllis via your humble servant whilst our "saintly" colleague is on well deserved holiday - till further notice. MG Today (2. August) is the feast day of: Stephen I (d. 257) Stephen was a native of Rome who became pope in 254. He declared that baptism by heretics was valid, which got him in a fight with the bishops of north Africa. Theodota (d. c. 304) According to legend, Theodota was a noblewoman of Nicaea. She refused to marry the prefect, who denounced her and her three children as Christians. They all refused to sacrifice to the state gods and were executed. Eusebius of Vercelli (d. 371) Eusebius was a Sardinian, raised in Rome. He became bishop of Vercelli in 340, where he organized his clergy into a communal life. His vigorous denunciation of Arianism got him exiled to Scythopolis (Palestine) in the custody of an Arian bishop who hated his guts. Allowed to return home in 362, he spent the rest of his life fighting Arians; he was one of the authors of the Athanasian Creed. The Codex Vercellensis, the oldest extant manuscript of the Latin gospels, is reputed to have issued from his pen. Thomas of Dover (d. 1295) Thomas, also known as T. of Hales, was a Benedictine monk at Dover. French raiders attacked; T. was an old man and couldn't flee with his brethren, and was killed when he refused to tell where the monastery treasure was hidden. A local cult developed and a canonization procedure began in 1382 at the request of King Richard II, but was never completed. A modern saint: Peter Julian Eymard (d. 1868) The French Eymard became a Marist Father. Intensely devoted to the Virgin Mary, he founded lay societies for Marian devotion and in 1856 also founded the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament. He was canoized in 1962. ************************************** ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - NetZero HiSpeed! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month -visit www.netzero.com to sign up today! ********************************************************************** 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