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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Today (27. July) is the feast day of: Pantaleon of Nicomedia (d. early 4th cent., supposedly). We know nothing of the actual life of the megalomartyr P., called "of Nicomedia" in modern scholarship to distinguish him from P. of Bisceglie, one of the companions of that Apulian city's legendary early martyr-bishop Maurus. He has a rich legend in Greek and in Latin that makes him a physician of Nicomedia in Bithynia who learned that the only important medicine was the cure of souls, who nonetheless was given the grace to operate many miraculous cures of the body, and who underwent a "classic" passio (including colloquies with the emperor followed by a series of ineffective tortures followed by decapitation) supervised by the emperor Maximian (i.e. Galerius). In eastern-rite churches P. has been celebrated on various days in late July, especially today (his feast day in the Byzantine rite and also in the Marble Calendar of Naples). In the Latin West his late antique and medieval feast day was often 28. July (so the [pseudo-] Hieronymian Martyrology; also Florus, Ado, and Usuard). From the sixteenth century onward the Roman Martyrology has commemorated P. under today's date. Some visuals: 1. Koeln, former abbey church of Sankt Pantaleon (consecrated, 980; expanded, mid-12th cent.; heavily damaged in World War II; restoration completed, 1962). An illustrated, German-language account of the building's history is here: http://www.romanische-kirchen.de/asp/sitec7f4.html Views (west front; early 16th-cent. lettner): http://www.kunsttrip.nl/steden/keulen/St%20Pantaleon.htm http://www.deutsche-staedte.de/koeln/stpantaleon.html Other views (German-language menu at left): http://www.pantaleon-koeln.de/Galerie/Kirche/kirche.htm 2. Losa de Mena, Burgos, Castilla y Leon, Ermita de San Pantaleon (late 12th-/early 13th-cent.): Illustrated, Spanish-language accounts: http://www.arteguias.com/romanico_merindades.htm http://tinyurl.com/jdlyn http://www.fundacionpatrimoniocyl.es/REST.asp?id=211 3. Pieve a Elici di Massarosa (LU), Tuscany, Chiesa di San Pantaleone (12th- or 13th-cent.) http://www.accademiadelturismo.com/strutture/gall04_ve.htm http://www.vacanzeinversilia.com/massarosa2.jpg http://luccapro.sns.it/ENG/PIE/PIE_S0058/index.asp (more views in the Gallery section of that last page) 4. Dolianova (CA), Sardinia, (ex-) Cattedrale di San Pantaleo (1160-1289): http://www.stilepisano.it/immagini4/index12.htm http://www.lamiasardegna.it/web/000/foto.asp?url=308/027 http://www.lamiasardegna.it/web/000/foto.asp?url=308/028 http://www.lamiasardegna.it/web/000/foto.asp?url=308/029 http://tinyurl.com/rf3eq 5. Chartres, Cathedrale de Notre-Dame, Saint Pantaleon window (1220-25): http://tinyurl.com/gjx64 Detail (P. before the emperor Maximian): http://tinyurl.com/jx83f 6. Courmayeur (AO), Valle d'Aosta, Parrochia San Pantaleone (12th-/15th-cent., later rebuilt: http://tinyurl.com/kxxu3 http://tinyurl.com/k7lu7 (menu on the right in this last page takes one through stages of building on the site) 7. Unkel, Kreis Neuwied, Rheinland-Pfalz, Pfarrkirche St. Pantaleon, altar with scenes from the Life of P. (15th-cent.): http://www.rhein.in/img/unkel_altar.jpg 8. Quedlinburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Marktkirche, Fourteen-Holy-Helpers altar (early 16th-cent.; page includes a detail of Sts. Blaise and P.): http://tinyurl.com/kpt8r Best, John Dillon ********************************************************************** 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