medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture https://www.facebook.com/604882972899463/photos/a.624764970911263.1073741830.604882972899463/743256742395418/?type=1&theater While many in North America may today be celebrating the feast of Blessed Meleagris Gallopavo--whose feast is observed regionally on the fourth Thursday in November--we will turn instead to a 5th-century French monk and bishop: St. Maximus, Bishop of Riez. "St. Sidonius assures us that the monastery of Lerins seemed to acquire a new lustre by his prudent conduct and bright example, under which the monks scarcely felt the severities of the rule, so great was the cheerfulness and alacrity with which they obeyed him. The gift of miracles with which he was favoured, and the great reputation of his sanctity drew great crowds to his monastery from the continent, which, breaking in upon his retirement, obliged him to quit the house, and conceal himself some days in a forest in the island: though we are assured that the chief reason why he thus lay hid in a very rainy season was, that the clergy and people of Frejus had demanded him for bishop. After this danger was over he again made his appearance at Lerins." (from Butler's Lives of the Saints, 1866?; online at: http://www.bartleby.com/210/11/271.html) Matt Heintzelman Curator, Austria/Germany Study Center; Rare Book Cataloger, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota 56321-7300 Phone: 320-363-2795; Fax: 320-363-3222 http://www.hmml.org<http://www.hmml.org/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vHMML Blog<http://vhmml.wordpress.com/> ][ Rare Books Blog<http://booksfromthehmmlbasement.blogspot.com/> ][ Rare Books Wiki<http://hmmlrarebooks.pbworks.com/> ][ Twitter<https://twitter.com/MatthewHeintzel> ][ Matt's Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/matthew.heintzelman.1?ref=tn_tnmn> ][ Austria/Germany Study Center on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Austria-Germany-Study-Center-Hill-Museum-Manuscript-Library/604882972899463> Medieval Association of the Midwest (MAM)/Nuntia: Blog and website<http://www.nuntiablog.blogspot.com/> ][ MAM Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/MedievalAssociationMidwest> ut in omnibus glorificetur Deus (1 Peter 4:11 / RB 57.9) ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion