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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Today (14. October) is the feast day of: Callistus I (d. c. 222) Callistus was a Roman slave. He became a deacon in c. 199, and became a friend and advisor of Bishop Zephyrinus, succeeding him as bishop of Rome in 217. St. Hippolytus protested and set himself up as anti-pope (objecting not because of C's antecedents, but because he was too lenient to heretics and repentant sinners). Callistus may have been killed in a riot; he is considered a martyr. Justus of Lyons (d. c. 390) Justus became a deacon of Vienne and in 350 bishop of Lyons. Deeply upset by having the sanctuary of his church violated, J. ran away to Egypt and became a monk. A Gaulish visitor discovered him there and the people of Lyons sent a delegation to try to get him to come back. But J. refused and ended his days in his monastery. Angadrisma (d. 695) Legend tells that Angadrisma was educated by St. Omer and St. Lambert. With that sort of upbringing, it's not surprising that she wanted to be a nun. She prayed to be spared marriage, and God kindly gave her leprosy. Even more kindly, after his suitor married someone else God cured her again. She eventually became abbess of Aroer near Beauvais, and was noted for miracles and general holiness. Burchard (d. 754) Burchard was a priest of Wessex who went off to the German mission field to work with Boniface. He became first bishop of Wurzburg. He is the one who secured papal approval for Pepin the Short's plan to usurp the Frankish throne. B. resigned in c. 753, and spent the rest of his life as a monk. Dominicus Loricatus (d. 1060) Dominic was an Umbrian. He was so deeply upset when he found out that he had only been consecrated as a priest because his father had bribed the bishop that he spent the rest of his life in extremely vicious penitential asceticism. He won his nickname "of the breastplate," or "the mailed," because he wasn't content with a simple, comfy hair shirt and instead wore a coat of mail next to his skin. He became a monk at Fonte Avellana under Peter Damian, who writes of him with great approval. ********************************************************************** 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