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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Today (20, December) is the feast day of: Dominic of Silos (d. 1073). Of humble birth, D. had been a shepherd in his youth. He entered religion as a Benedictine monk, was ordained priest, and in time became prior of the monastery at San Millán de Cogolla in the kingdom of Navarre. After numerous royal exactions he refused to cede to the crown some of his monastery's lands, was expelled, and sought refuge in Castile. There D. was appointed abbot of the decayed monastery of St. Sebastian at Silos, introduced into this house the Cluniac reform, and with the aid of royal and other wealthy patrons converted it over the next thirty years into a flourishing spiritual institution and center of art and culture. Postmortem miracles led to D.'s translation in 1076 from a tomb in the cloister to the church of the abbey, which latter soon came to be called after him. The earliest of his Vitae (BHL 2238) was written by one of his disciples in the following generation. D.'s cult was confirmed in 1720 and in 1733; he entered the RM in 1748. St. Dominic of Calaruega came from the local diocese (Burgos) and was named for him. A recent study is Anthony Lappin, _The Medieval Cult of Saint Dominic of Silos_ (Leeds: Maney Publishing for the Modern Humanities Research Association, 2002). Some visuals, etc. pertaining to the monastery of San Domingo de Silos (Burgos), Castilla y León. Distance views (early modern structures): http://tinyurl.com/yun8zt http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/artesp/jpg/HIS18453.jpg Multiple views of the cloister and the chapter room: http://www.astragalo.net/burgos/silos.htm Multiple views (expandable), including various works of art: http://tinyurl.com/2kg99l Cloister (eleventh-/twelfth-century): Spanish-language account: http://www.abadiadesilos.es/claustro.htm Individual views: http://www.arteguias.com/imagenes/silos2.jpg http://www.bornemania.com/civ/romanesque_architecture/santo_domingo_de_silos_cloister.jpg http://tinyurl.com/2vk7yg http://tinyurl.com/tvw8x http://catholicmusicnetwork.com/images/artists/silos2.jpg Multiple views (expandable): http://www.terres-romanes.lu/silos.htm http://tinyurl.com/32c9or Cloister pillar reliefs: http://www.bornemania.com/civ/romanesque_architecture/santo-domingo-descent-from-.jpg http://www.bornemania.com/civ/romanesque_architecture/santo-domingo-burial.jpg http://www.bornemania.com/civ/romanesque_architecture/santo_domingo_doubting_thomas.jpg http://tinyurl.com/vf73c http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Silos-Duda.jpg D.'s former tomb in the cloister: http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/artesp/jpg/HIM18806.jpg http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/santiago/silos.html http://www.arteguias.com/imagenes/tumbasilos.jpg http://tinyurl.com/2l55eu A page from the British Library on its richly illustrated ms. (Add. Ms. 11695), completed at this monastery in 1109, of Beatus of Liébana’s commentary on the Apocalypse: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/themes/euromanuscripts/silos.html Detail of enameled copper frontal (betw. 1165 and 1170) on D.'s tomb: http://tinyurl.com/2w5wbr Bartolomé Bermejo's portrait of D. enthroned (ca. 1477) now in the Prado in Madrid: http://tinyurl.com/2pn58e Best, John Dillon (last year's post lightly revised) ********************************************************************** 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