medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I just sent: > Craton probably never existed in the flesh. Not known to have been > culted in late antiquity, he is merely a character in one or more very > legendary Passiones of the himself probably legendary Valentine of > Terni (e.g. BHL 8460). He would appear to be a variant of the pagan > philosopher Crato who in the originally fourth-century apocryphal Acts > of St. John is said to have been converted by that worthy to > Christianity. > > According to this confection, Craton... Rather: According to BHL 8460,... That should make things clearer. My apologies for the faulty editing. --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