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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture nonsense. how many modest saints can there be? c ------ Original Message ------ Received: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:30:18 AM EDT From: jbugslag <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 2. October > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > > > 1) Modestus, (once) venerated at Benevento (d. ca. 304, > > > supposedly). This > > less well known saint from the Regno > > > > > In the absence of any decent visuals for M.... > > > > > > ...we might look at her True & Accurate Portrait on the Southwest > > corner of the North Porch of Chartres cathedral, probably from the > > 1230s or so, miraculously still in pretty good shape after nearly 800 > > years of weathering: > > Beautiful statue, Christopher, but a different St Modeste. She was supposed to have been > one of the early converts to Christianity at Chartres who was believed to have been martyred > by being thrown down the well in the cathedral crypt. She appears in Chartrain martyrologies > on 16 June, I believe. > Cheers, > Jim > > ********************************************************************** > 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