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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Does it have to be a saint? How about naming the award after the Virgin of Israel (Jeremiah 31:4)? http://scripturetext.com/jeremiah/31-4.htm An actual saint would be the girl Musa. In the original account of her by Gregory the Great (_Dial._ 4. 18), there's no mention of dancing. But by the end of the Middle Ages M.'s love of dance appeared in preachers' exempla and the like (it's said to be in Sebastian Brant's _Passional_). Gottfried Keller made a very nice story from this in his _Tanzlegenden_. See the translation here: http://www.fln.vcu.edu/keller/dance_e.html Best, John Dillon On Saturday, May 5, 2007, at 10:10 am, Chris Laning wrote: > The (Catholic) high school I work for is instituting a couple of new > > awards for excellence in dance (it has a strong performing arts > program) and would like to find suitable names for them. Considering > > that the highest music award is named after St. Cecilia and the drama > > award after St. Genesius, it would be nice to find a saint to name a > > dance award after. > > The only candidates I can find, however, are St. Philemon (who no > one's ever heard of), St. Pelagia (whose name unfortunately, and of > course by sheer coincidence, brings up the Pelagian heresy), and St. > > Vitus! Somehow I don't think that one would go over too well, > either....<g> > > There is also Miriam (sister of Aaron) from the Old Testament, > although there she is leading the dancers rejoicing over the > destruction of the Egyptian army, which might put some people off. > Most of the other mentions of dance I can find in saints' lives seem > > to be of pagan and/or licentious dancing, and that won't do at all. > > Suggestions? Female saints preferred (it's a girls' school) but all > ideas are welcome. ********************************************************************** 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