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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Did you miss the part about the translation of her (naturally very efficacious) relics to Wuppertal, whence her cult radiated to Leverkusen? --JD On Friday, December 3, 2010, at 12:02 pm, christopher crockett wrote: > i didn't realize that the Regno extended that far north. > > perhaps in Asprina's day it wasn't as far away.... > > c > > ------ Original Message ------ > Received: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:59:59 PM EST > From: Karl Brunner <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 2. December > > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > > > > > Sorry, Bayer is in Leverkusen, and Leverkusen is in Nordrhein-Westfalen, > near Köln/Cologne. > > Karl > > > > > > Am 03.12.2010 um 18:46 schrieb George Brown: > > > > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > > > Christopher, > > > > > > Isn't "Bayer" just s. German for "Bavarian"? "Bayer" may also be > a > clipped form of "Bayern" = "Bavaria." > > > > > > GHB > > > On Dec 3, 2010, at 9:29 AM, Christopher Crockett wrote: > > > > > >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > > >> > > >> i had always just assumed that the center of Ste. Asprina's > (thanks for > the > > >> orthographic correction, btw) cult was at Bayer --at least until > the > original > > >> patent ran out. > > >> > > >> but, i have never been able to actually locate "Bayer" on a map. > > >> > > >> apparently it is in some area of the Regno so remote that even > contemporary > > >> map makers (much less Hagiographers) have yet to reach it. > > >> > > >> c > > >> > > >> ------ Original Message ------ > > >> Received: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:25:40 AM EST > > >> From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]> > > >> To: [log in to unmask] > > >> Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 2. December > > >> > > >>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > > >>> > > >>> A deplorable oversight and one for which I at least must beg the > list's > > >> pardon. A sister of Naples' St. Aspren (3. August), she was his > first > convert > > >> after he had been baptized by St. Peter. At an undetermined time > her > relics > > >> were translated to what is now Wuppertal in today's Nordrhein-Westfalen, > > >> whence her cult radiated to Leverkusen and to other cities of the > Rheinland, > > >> with an important cult center later established in Frankfurt am > Main. > A.'s > > >> relics were dispersed during the years immediately following the > cessation of > > >> hostilities in World War II. Her subsequent worldwide veneration > is > beyond > > >> the remit of this august list. > > >>> > > >>> Best, > > >>> John Dillon > > >>> > > >>> On Friday, December 3, 2010, at 8:53 am, christopher crockett wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> the much later (19th > > >>>> c.) > > >>>> Ste. Aspirina, and who, strangely enough, has never made an appearance > > > >>>> among > > >>>> the list's daily hagiographic dose in all the years that i have > been ********************************************************************** 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