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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture This is the previous post re-sent with the proper date in the Subject line for correct filing in the list's archives. Apologies for the duplication. --JD Herewith a link to an earlier (2011) 'Feasts and saints of the day' for 31. July (including Sts. Democritus, Secundus, and Dionysius; St. Calimerus of Milan; St. Tertullinus; St. Fabius of Caesarea in Mauretania; St. Germanus of Auxerre; St. Neot; St. Helen of Skövde; Bl. Giovanni Colombini): http://tinyurl.com/cds9obg Further to Calimerus of Milan: In that earlier post's notice of this saint, the last four links no longer function (all were to views of Milan's basilica di San Calimero that had been published in a newspaper supplement this issue of which seems no longer to be online). I have found a replacement view only for the roundel with a bishop in relief perhaps portraying Calimerus: http://tinyurl.com/dycyz6u Further to Germanus of Auxerre: In that earlier post's notice of this saint, the second of the three links to pages on the church of St German at St Germans (Cornwall) no longer functions. Use this instead: http://tinyurl.com/btawyzc In the same notice, the first of the links to exterior views of that church also no longer functions. Use this instead: http://tinyurl.com/csytra6 In the same notice, the link to the fifteenth-century statue of Germanus in the église Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois in Paris no longer functions. Use this instead: http://tinyurl.com/29zantp Further to Neot: In that earlier post's notice of this saint, the link to the page from which one may access an account of the church of St Neot at St Neot (Cornwall) no longer functions. Use this instead: http://www.stneot.org.uk/ Further to Helen of Skövde: In that earlier post's notice of this saint, none of the links to portrayals of her on fifteenth-century altarpieces still functions. Helen of Skövde as portrayed on the late medieval altarpiece from Kullings-Skövde in Vårgårda (Västra Götalands län), now in the Stadsmuseum in Göteborg: http://wadbring.com/historia/bilder8/elin.jpg Helen of Skövde as portrayed on another late medieval altarpiece (now in the Våstergötlands museum in Skara??): http://content.onspotstory.com/images/1210/1849/ElinavSkovde.jpg Today (31. July) is also the feast day of: 1) Timothy II of Alexandria (d. 477). This Timothy was known to his enemies as Timothy Aelurus (i.e. Timothy the Cat or perh. Timothy the Weasel) and is frequently so referred to in modern scholarship. A defender of Nicene orthodoxy against newer formulations introduced at the Council of Chalcedon in 450, he was elected by the anti-Chalcedonian clergy of Alexandria in 454 to succeed that city's recently deceased pope St. Dioscorus I, who had been exiled for his leadership of the "robber" council of Ephesus in 449 and his unwillingness to accept Chalcedonian Christology. The see had then been occupied by the pro-Chalcedonian St. Proterius and it was only after the latter's murder by non-Chalcedonians in 457 that Timothy was able to solidify his patriarchal position. He severed communication with the in his view heretically occupied sees of Rome, Constantinople, and Antioch and he rigorously excluded heretics from positions in the Alexandrian church. Most, at least, of those heretics were Chalcedonian in orientation and in their estimation they were undergoing an unjust persecution. They organized complaints to the emperor (Leo I), who in 460 had his military governor in Alexandria remove Timothy and replace him with the pro-Chalcedonian Timothy III. Timothy II was sent into internal exile at Gangra in Paphlagonia. In 475 the emperor Basiliscus restored him to the see of Alexandria, which latter he then held for a couple of years until his death. Timothy II has yet to grace the pages of the RM. The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria celebrates him today. 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