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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture This is a question that I have been wanting to ask for a long time. What happened to the women? It seems that there were periods with monasticism & the mendicants -- early Irish monasticism, Cluniac movement, early Dominicans & Franciscans -- when exceptionally large numbers of young men went into monasteries. What happened to the women they did not marry? DW > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Hi, Diane, > > Since better informed members have not replied to this question: Butler's > Lives of the Saints makes the same claim, and the Penguin Dictionary of > Saints (1965) says that his "settlement on Aranmore in Galway Bay .... is > regarded as the first Irish monastery in the strict sense, 'the capital of > the Ireland of the saints'". > > Bernadette Filotas > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Diane P. Auslander" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:31 AM > Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 21. March > > > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > > > Enda (d. c. 530)... He and St. Finnian of Clonard are > > regarded as the founders of monasticism in Ireland. > > > > Dear Phyllis > > > > I have not come across the above claim in my research and would love to > > know the source. Could you let me know where this information comes > > from? Thank you. > > > > Diane Auslander > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious > > culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Phyllis > > Jestice > > Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 8:09 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: [M-R] saints of the day 21. March > > > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > > culture > > > > Today (21. March) is the feast day of: > > > > Serapion (d. c. 370) Serapion was head of the catechetical school at > > Alexandria, but gave it all up to become a hermit. He was brought > > from his hermitage to become bishop of Thmuis in Lower Egypt. S. was > > a vigorous opponent of Arianism and Manichaeism; he was exiled by > > Constantius II for his anti-Arian stand and probably died in exile. > > > > Enda (d. c. 530) The subject of some rather anachronistic-sounding > > legends, Enda was an Irish warrior who gave up on secular life when > > his fiancee died. He is supposed to have gone on a pilgrimage to > > Rome, where he was ordained (this seems to be standard in legends of > > early Irish saints), then came back to Ireland to enjoy a satisfying > > career as a monastic founder. He and St. Finnian of Clonard are > > regarded as the founders of monasticism in Ireland. > > > > Nicholas of Flue (d. 1487) Nicholas was a peasant, soldier, and > > father of ten children. He gave it all up and became a hermit in > > 1467. N. was famous for his holy life and reputed to live > > exclusively on the eucharistic elements. Nicholas is considered by > > many to be the father of Switzerland for his role in mediating to > > prevent a threatened civil war and thus aiding the unification of the > > Swiss. 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