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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture merum wrote: >>> Today (14. April) is the feast day of: >> >> In the Sarum Calendar, Tiburtius, Valerian and Maximus. A Feast >> without rulers, with simple Invitatory. >> >> (In the later Roman Calendar, formerly Justin Martyr, of course - >> previously on 13 April.) > > And in the current Roman calendar, on 1 June. Would guess this was > moved to avoid Lent/Easter conflicts, but don't know the reason for 1 > June. To match the traditional Orthodox date (assuming they were using the same calendar, of course). Presumably in a fit of ecumenicalism that has passed since 1969 :-) John Briggs ********************************************************************** 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