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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Today (2. December) is the feast day of: Bibiana (Viviana) (4th cent.) The subject of an early cult in Rome (the church of St. Bibiana there dates from the fifth century), B.'s story comes to us in the form of untrustworthy legend. This tells that she was the daughter of an ex-prefect who had been persecuted for his Christianity during the reign of Julian the Apostate. After dad died of ill-treatment and banishment, B's mother was beheaded, and B. herself and her sister were arrested. The sister died of the shock of arrest; B. was scourged to death. Chromatius (d. c. 407) Chromatius was a native of Aquileia who became bishop there in 388. He was a friend of Jerome and helped finance J's translation of the Bible, besides writing several scriptural commentaries of his own. A modern beata: Liduina Meneguzzi (d. 1941) LM was the daughter of a poor family who worked as a servant before joining the Sisters of the Congregation of St. Francis de Sales in 1926. In 1937 she was sent to Ethiopia, where she worked as a nurse first for civilians and then for soldiers. She made herself loved by all, and when she died of cancer was buried at the soldiers' request in their cemetery. LM was beatified in 2002. ********************************************************************** 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