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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Today (26. April) is the feast day of: Richarius (Riquier) (d. c. 645) Richarius was born at Celles in northern France. He protected two Irish missionaries, who ended up converting him. R. then went on to become a priest and started his own missionary work, getting so famous that King Dagobert I visited him. He is credited with founding the monastery of Celles, but more likely he only established a church, around which the abbey grew later. R. ended his life as a hermit. Paschasius Radbertus (d. 865) Radbertus was a foundling, taken in by the nuns of Soissons. He became a monk at Corbie, in 822 helping to found the daughter house of Corvey. PR had a reputation as one of the greatest religious authors of his age. He ventured into theology, among other work producting the first doctrinal treatise on the Real Presence of Christ in the eucharist. Stephen of Perm (d. 1396) Stephen was born in Velikiy Ustyug (about 500 mi. NE of Moscow). The area was still for the most part non-Christian, although his own family was both Russian and Christian. S. became a monk at Rostov. He became an authority on Greek theology, and also learned the Zyryani language (of his native region) so he could evangelize them. S. created an alphabet so that scriptures and liturgy could be translated. He was successful as a missionary, and also as an icon painter. In 1383 S. became first bishop of Perm, training a native clergy and establishing churches and schools. The Russian Church canonized S. in 1549. -- Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice Associate Professor & Chair History Department University of Southern Mississippi 118 College Dr. #5047 Hattiesburg, MS 39406 (601) 266-5844 ********************************************************************** 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