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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture One might look at Voragine's The Golden Legend; compiled in the mid 13th c, it is a collection of saints lives from many previous centuries. It's prob. not easy to determine when any one life is originally written from that text; but you could find confessor saints that interest you there and then dig away at finding the original vitae. jbw John B. Wickstrom Kalamazoo College From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of George Piero FERZOCO Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 7:14 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [M-R] Confessor Saints medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dear Jennifer, I might suggest, rather than looking at standard vitae, you have a look at sermons written specifically as model sermons -- that is, sermons composed in such a way that preachers could customize and use them in preaching for specific feasts in their churches or dioceses. In the case of interest to you, you would find, for example, in model sermons intended to be preached on the feast of confessors, the qualities that makes a saintly confessor, um, saintly and a confessor! By looking at model sermons, you get an idea of approaches to confessor saints that the writer believed to be characteristic. The sermons are, compared to most vitae, shorter and definitely much more to the point of your interest. Best wishes, George Ferzoco University of Bristol On Wed, Oct 22, 2008, Jennifer Feltman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Dear all, I am looking for vitae of confessor saints that pre-date Jacobus de Voragine. Can anyone suggest good primary sources or secondary sources sources that discuss this category of saints? I am especially interested in late 12th and early 13th cen sources. Many Thanks, Jennifer ------ Jennifer M. Feltman Ph.D. Candidate, Medieval Art History Department of Art History Florida State University 220-D Fine Arts Building Tallahassee, FL 32306-1151 ********************************************************************** 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