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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Perhaps (overworked already) Phyllis could provide her source for the "pig's foot" story, uh, legend, uh, urban legend, uh, baloney... Whatever... I'll be out of town for a couple of weeks, escaping Mardi Gras, and will await any enlightenment upon my return to the peace of Lent. MG >From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 29. January >Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:34:06 -0600 > >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > >Date: Friday, January 28, 2005, at 9:34 pm, Phyllis wrote: > > > Today (29. January) is the feast day of: > > > Juniper (d. 1258) (Apparently not formally canonized, for which I for > > one am grateful) Juniper was an early Franciscan who assisted in the > > spread of the order. I found a story about him which I think is > > disgusting: J. was nursing a sick man who really craved a pig's foot. > > So J. cornered a pig in a nearby field, hacked off one of its feet, > > and cooked it up for the invalid. The irate pig-owner complained to > > J's superior. J. apologized so movingly that the farmer donated the > > rest of the pig. Blech. > >Indeed. Perhaps we need a new category: saints (vel sim.) with a lot of >explaining to do. > >Getting past my immediate revulsion, I started to think that in another >context much of this could be the opening of one of those outre' >narratives that the legal profession has traditionally used to make >legal principles memorable (or even for teaching persuasive argument -- >think of some of the pseudo-Quintilianic declamations!). Not that >that's likely to be part of the background of this story. Does anyone >know what its original venue and likely audience were? > >Best, >John Dillon > >********************************************************************** >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 _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ********************************************************************** 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