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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Today (12. April) is the feast day of: Julius I (d. 352) Julius became pope in 337. He spent most of his episcopate fighting Arians, especially defending the deposed bishops Athanasius and Marcellus (of Ancyra). Does anyone know why the sixteenth-century Julius II chose to name himself after this guy? Zeno (d. c. 371) Zeno may have been an African. More certain, he had a good classical education and became bishop of Verona in 362. He won his diocese away from Arianism, converted a lot of people to Christianity, and even built a basilica. About ninety of his sermons are extant. Sabas the Goth (d. 372) The king of the Goths started to persecute his Christian subjects in 370. 51 martyrs are known, most notably Sabas and Nicetas. Sabas seems to have been asking for trouble. Christians were ordered to eat sacrificial meat; a ruse was set up to substitute "clean" meat in its place; Sabas refused to take part in the deception and loudly spilled the beans about it in public. He was exiled and refused to allow officials to swear that there were no Christians in his village. In 372 he was arrested and finally drowned, probably at Targoviste (NW of Bucharest) Angelo of Chivasso (blessed) (d. 1495) Angelo Carletti was born in Piedmont, educated at the U. of Bologna (at least early accounts say so; his name isn't on the university's registers), became a senator back home in Chivasso, and settled down to a normal pious secular life. But when his mom died, A. gave away his wealth and became an Observant Franciscan. He became a great preacher to the poor of the mountain villages and his manual of moral theology (the *Summa Angelica*) was so popular that it rated public burning by Luther in 1520. A's cult was approved in 1753. ********************************************************************** 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