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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On Wednesday, February 4, 2009, at 11:10 pm, I wrote: > 1) Agatha, virgin martyr (d. 250 or 251, supposedly)... > As noted above, one of A.'s breasts ... was > left in today's Gallipoli (LE) in Apulia. For the miracle that it > operated there, causing it to be given to that city, see abbot-bishop > Maurice's account of A.'s translation to Catania from Constantinople > (BHL 139). Since some time in the 1380s, when it was translated from > Gallipoli at the behest of the the prince of Taranto, Raimondello del > Balzo Orsini, this relic has been housed in the monastery church of > St. Catherine of Alexandria at Galatina (LE). Er, at the behest of the then prince of Taranto... > 3) Adelaide of Vilich (d. ca. 1015)... > After > a campaign begun in earnest in the 1950s and including a letter of > support from a former mayor of Bonn who was now chancellor of Germany > (Konrad Adenhauer, of course) her cult was confirmed by Paul VI in > 1966 at the level of Saint. Er, Konrad Adenauer. Best again, JD ********************************************************************** 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