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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Sherry reported a message from an advocacy group saying: >Today, three martyred saints named Valentine (or Valentinus) >are officially recognized. The legend behind the most >plausible Valentine to have inspired our romantic holiday >relates to a martyred holy man who defied the power of the >Roman Empire and paid with his life. His cause: the >injustice of denying some the right to marry. Advocacy group: let me guess. A group advocating that certain persons have, or ought to have, the right to marry the person of their choice regardless of current laws that make such marriages illegal or irregular. And not that dragging in saints of one's choice to add legitimacy to one's cause is exactly a *NEW* phenomenon, mind you! Still, that's a twist I hadn't heard before. ____________________________________________________________ 0 Chris Laning | <[log in to unmask]> + Davis, California http://paternoster-row.org - http://paternosters.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************** 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