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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Today (6. October) is the feast day of: Faith (3rd cent.?) Faith (Foi) was a virgin martyr at Agen (Gaul). Her cult became extremely popular; her relics were stolen by a monk from Conques, and veneration of the rather obscure saint reached even greater heights thanks to the monastery's position on the road to Compostela. Nicetas of Constantinople (d. 838) Nicetas was a Byzantine courtier who supported Empress Irene in her pro-icon policy. He retired to a monastery after Irene was deposed and when Leo V began a fresh bout of iconoclasm, N. hid a famous icon. He was found out, the icon was taken by force, and N. was exiled. Bruno (d. 1101) Bruno of Cologne was a distinguished scholar who became a canon at Cologne, besides becoming head of the school at Rheims and chancellor of the diocese of Rheims. The last office caused problems: the bishop was a simonist. B. and some colleagues denounced him---and were driven from the city. B. soon decided that shutting himself up in a very strict, isolationist monastery might be a better career choice. He started life with a group of hermits and in c. 1084 founded the monastery of La Chartreuse, the mother house of the Carthusian order, dedicated to solitude and austerity. B. himself ran into problems with a former student, Pope Urban II, though. U2 forced B to Rome to act as a papal advisor, and B managed to found more "Carthusian" houses in Italy. ********************************************************************** 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