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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I see. The St. C of Ancona is this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Cyriacus Sorry. But it is never inappropriate to celebrate Cyriaco of Ancona. DW John Dillon wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > On Friday, August 8, 2008, at 11:06 am, Diana Wright wrote: > > >>> 1) Cyriacus, Largus, and Smaragdus (?)... >>> To distinguish him from one or more of the numerous other saints of >>> this name, C. is also known as Cyriac of Rome. >>> > > <SNIP > > >> And for his most famous namesake: http://nauplion.net/CYRIACO.html >> >> DW >> > > Perhaps. But Cyriac of Ancona will have thought his namesake to have been the Cyriac of his own city, whose late medieval legend seems calqued on that of the seemingly quite unhistorical Cyriac of Jerusalem (d. later 4th cent., supposedly) and whose possible original identity with C. of Rome is only a modern guess. See no. 3 at: > http://tinyurl.com/55rqta > > 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 > > ********************************************************************** 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