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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture thanks, John and Stan. i clearly need to brush up on my prothomartyrisms. c ------ Original Message ------ Received: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:34:05 AM EDT From: Stan Metheny <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [M-R] Recent forgeries part I.2 > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > That Stephen was the first deacon is the traditional interpretation of Acts > 6:5. > Whence his representation in dalmatic and tonsure. > > Stan Metheny > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Dillon" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 10:02 AM > Subject: Re: [M-R] Recent forgeries part I.2 > > > >> i raised the issue of his tonsure before --was "Sancti Stephani > >> prothomartyr" > >> tonsured? > >> > >> was he a deacon? > >> > > > > He's traditionally thought to have been. Whether he really was seems > > beside the point. We're dealing with "common knowledge" here. > > > > 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