 |
 |
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Though ever suspect, the CE has this to say of Jeanne: " Many miracles, especially of healing, followed her death. In 1514, Leo X allowed the Annonciades to honour her by a special office. Benedict XIV pronounced her Blessed, and extended her cult throughout France; but, though the process of canonization had been introduced in 1614, owing to various delays and hindrances, she has never been actually canonized, though universally known as a saint." I've "read somewhere" that she was a hunchback. One wonders why this person with "many miracles" was never canonized. Must have been very many delays and hindrances. For those into trivia, Louis XII was particularly concerned with getting out of this marriage so that he could marry the widowed Duchess of Brittany, Anne; otherwise France would have lost the duchy. When Anne died without producing a viable son and heir, Louis took Mary of York, who was less than thrilled with the old king. When Louis died, and after the requisite period of time to determine that Mary wasn't carrying a future king of France, Mary was returned to the English court and her brother, Henry VIII. This opened the way for Francis I. MG >>Joan of France (or of Valois) (d. 1505) Jeanne was a daughter of >King Louis XI and Charlotte of Savoy. She was physically handicapped in >some way, which made her particularly unfortunate in the dynastic policies >of the age. In 1476 she was married to Duke Louis of Orleans, who treated >her badly. After Louis secured the throne of France as Louis XII, he >arranged to have the marriage annulled. J. took to religion, founding a >convent, doing good deeds, and praying a lot. > >********************************************************************** >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