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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phyllis Jestice" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 7:40 PM Subject: [M-R] saints of the day 10. March > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Today (10. March) is the feast day of: > > Codratus and companions (d. c. 258) Tradition tells that Codratus > was born to Greek Christian parents who fled into the wilderness (?) > near Corinth to escape persecution. C. was born in the wild and grew > up there, soon orphaned. He studied medicine and then took to > asceticism with a group of disciples. He and four followers were > caught in Valerian's persecution. They were tortured, thrown to the > beasts, and, when the beasts weren't interested, were beheaded. > There is quite a lot of uninhabited, rocky & thorny countryside south of Corinth, never more than minimally inhabited. Makes perfect sense. DW ********************************************************************** 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