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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Herewith a link to an earlier (2009) 'Saints of the day' for 18. July (including St. Symphorosa and companions; St. Rufillus of Forlimpopoli; St. Maternus of Milan; St. Philastrius; St. Arnulf of Metz; St. Bruno of Segni; St. Simon of Lipnicza): http://tinyurl.com/cpd2vex Further to Symphorosa and companions: In that earlier post's notice of this saint, the first of the two links to exterior views of Rome's Sant'Angelo in Pescheria no longer functions. Use this instead: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23263476@N00/10423115/ In the same notice, the page with the expandable views of the two portals of Tossicia (TE)'s chiesa parrocchiale di Santa Maria Assunta e Santa Sinforosa no longer requires left-clicking in order to expand the thumbnails. Further to Rufillus of Forlimpopoli: An expandable view of Rufillus (at left) and St. Anthony of Padua flanking the enthroned Madonna and Christ Child as depicted by Luca Longhi in an earlier fifteenth-century panel painting (1530) belonging to the basilica di San Rufillo in Forlimpopoli: http://www.atlantedellarteitaliana.it/artwork-9112.html Detail view (Rufillus): http://www.ilmomento.biz/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sanruffillo.jpg Further to Philastrius: In that earlier post's notice of this saint, both the initial link to a view of chiesa di San Filastrio at Tavernole sul Mella (BS) and the final link to a view of this church prior to its restoration no longer function. This illustrated, Italian-language page on the same church offers one view of the interior showing a pre-restoration state of the late fifteenth-century frescoes of the nave and sanctuary: http://www.valtrompiastorica.it/luoghi.php?cat=499d75c05dbd2 The same page also offers a view of part of an early sixteenth-century necrology inscribed on the walls of the sacristy. Further to Arnulf of Metz: In that earlier post's notice of this saint, the link to the view of the depiction, in an eleventh-century copy of pseudo-Wibert of Toul's _Vita Leonis_ (BHL 4818), of pope St. Leo IX dedicating Metz' rebuilt abbey church dedicated to Arnulf no longer works (Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 292, fol. 72r). Use this instead: http://tinyurl.com/7bh3q9o A more cropped view, in color: http://www.rejsenoter.dk/Rom/RomHist/OT1231.jpg Further to Bruno of Segni: In that earlier post's notice of this saint, the third link to the views of Segni's originally early thirteenth-century chiesa di San Pietro used an incorrect URL. The correct one is: http://www.romeartlover.it/Gregseg2.jpg Today (18. July) is also the feast day of: Frederick of Utrecht (d. betw. 834 and 838). Almost nothing is known about this Carolingian bishop of Utrecht. His earlier eleventh-century Vita (BHL 3157) by Odbert of Utrecht declares itself to have been written without the assistance of any earlier Vita. Odbert supposes that there had been one but that it had perished in the destruction wrought by Northmen. Under these circumstances, it is difficult to know how much of the Vita derives from earlier documentation and how much belongs rather to an imaginative reconstruction of the past. It is usually assumed that Frederick is not an invention, that, as Odbert says, he already had a tomb and a cult, that he was remembered as having been murdered, and that by Odbert's time he was being celebrated on this day, the one indicated by Odbert as having been Frederick's _dies natalis_. Much of the rest, including Frederick's early life, his exemplary conduct of his episcopate, his having promoted missionary activity among his fellow Frisians, and the various instances of his holiness, seems to be an idealizing portrait created out of whole cloth. Similarly, it is unclear whether Odbert's account of Frederick's having been caught up in the struggle between Louis the Pious and his sons, of his having urged Louis to divorce the empress Judith and to punish her immorality (presumably this refers to her rumored affair with Bernard of Septimania), and of his having been slain by Judith's agents (now widely disbelieved) were already traditional in Utrecht. In the numeration of Utrecht's bishops, Frederick is Frederick I. Odbert's construction of him as a martyr was standard in the later Middle Ages and survived in his elogium in the RM until the latter's revision of 2001. In 1362 the cathedral chapter of Utrecht rebuilt Frederick's tomb in the crypt of the then cathedral church (the Oudmunster). At that time his head was removed and placed in the silver reliquary bust by Elias Scerpswert shown here: http://www.wga.hu/html_m/s/scerpswe/reliquar.html http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/BK-NM-11450 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