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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Herewith a link to an earlier 'Saints of the day' for 7. January (including Polyeuct of Melitene; Lucian of Antioch; Valentine of Raetia; Valentinian of Chur; Knut Lavard; Raymond of Peñafort): Further to Polyeuct of Melitene: Further comments on Polyeuct's name and on his feast days will be found here along with an expanded selection visuals for him: http://tinyurl.com/3ec7aq7 Both in that set of visuals and in the earlier post referred to above, the fresco in the church of the Holy Apostles in the Patriarchate of Peć was misdated. It's in a part of the church that is thought to have been painted almost a century earlier, between 1260 and 1263. Further to Lucian of Antioch: Lucian as depicted in the earlier fourteenth-century frescoes (betw. ca. 1312 and 1321/1322) in the northwest little dome of the monastery church of the Theotokos at Gračanica in, depending upon one's view of the matter, either Serbia's province of Kosovo and Metohija or the Republic of Kosovo: http://tinyurl.com/3vsmuv6 Lucian as depicted in the earlier fourteenth-century frescoes (betw. 1313 and 1318; conservation work in 1968) by Michael Astrapas and Eutychios in the church of St. George at Staro Nagoričane in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: http://tinyurl.com/3newxt2 Lucian's drowning as depicted (lower left) in a calendar composition in the earlier fourteenth-century frescoes (betw. 1313 and 1318; conservation work in 1968) by Michael Astrapas and Eutychios in the church of St. George at Staro Nagoričane in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: http://tinyurl.com/7mbk7l8 Lucian's drowning as depicted in a calendar scene in the earlier fourteenth-century frescoes (betw. 1335 and 1350) in the narthex of the church of the Holy Ascension at the Visoki Dečani monastery near Peć in, depending upon one's view of the matter, either Serbia's province of Kosovo and Metohija or the Republic of Kosovo: http://tinyurl.com/28us2xk Further to Valentine of Raetia: The first two links in that earlier post no longer function. I haven't looked for replacements. Further to Raymond of Peñafort: The link given previously for Raymond's portrait by Beato Angelico in what is now the Museo nazionale di San Marco in Florence no longer functions. Use this instead: http://www.santiebeati.it/immagini/Original/25650/25650C.JPG The first link given previously for Raymond's tomb in the cathedral of Barcelona no longer functions. Use these instead: http://tinyurl.com/77wztn4 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/3026464343_6088bcb699.jpg Then these: http://tinyurl.com/2k7cfb http://tinyurl.com/7tmwgwe 7. January is also the feast day of: Eustratius the Thaumaturge (d. earlier 9th cent.). We know about this victim of Byzantine second iconoclasm chiefly from his Bios (BHG 645) and from one of the latter's primary sources, the Bios of St. Joannicius the Great by the monk Sabas (BHG 935). A native of the Tarsia in Bithynia, at the age of twenty he entered the monastery of the Agauroi on the Bithynian Mt. Olympus. There he became a close friend of Joannicius and later succeeded his own uncle Gregory as the community's hegumen. In the reign of Leo V the monastery was purged of iconophiles and Eustratius was forced to leave. He returned after the emperor's assassination in 820 but not, apparently, as hegumen. By the time he died a little short of the age of one hundred he was credited with miracles; his cult was immediate. 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