medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
John Dillon wrote:
>
> Limiting discussion of any saint to a day reserved for her/him in
> some sanctoral calendar would be a foolish consistency. That said,
> what evidence is there that the Vibiana venerated in Los Angeles (and
> celebrated there on 1. September) is, as Marjorie Schulenburg implies
> in her reference to festal dates, identical to the Bibiana entered in
> the Roman Martyrology under 2. December? According to deacon Eric
> here: http://www.cathedralsofcalifornia.com/?tag=st-vibiana "Her
> feast is celebrated only by us here in Los Angeles". The Bibiana of
> 2. December is still celebrated at her church in Rome and in several
> other Italian dioceses. There's no indication in the main set (v.
> 1-12) of the _Bibliotheca Sanctorum_ that that saint and the one in
> Los Angeles (whom it does not discuss) are one and the same.
>
> Has the purported blood said to have been found in a vial near V.'s
> tomb been tested to see whether any of it _is_ blood?
She would appear to be a distinctly post-medieval saint...
("Canonised" 1854.)
John Briggs
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