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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture My wife notice the bit about being paraded around in women's clothing as a form of humiliation. It's a curious detail. I'm wondering if anyone has any thoughts on it. Even though I'm inclined to take it at more or less face value in terms of public humiliation tied in with Greco-Roman misogyny and ideas of sexuality, it did occur to me as we were talking about it last night: could it be "code" in a sense of Sergius and Bacchus being forced to serve as prostitutes or something like that? On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Heintzelman, Matthew < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > > https://www.facebook.com/604882972899463/photos/a.624764970911263.1073741830.604882972899463/874320792622345/?type=3&theater > > > > “According to the text, Sergius and Bacchus were Roman citizens and > high-ranking officers of the Roman Army, but their covert Christianity was > discovered when they attempted to avoid accompanying a Roman official into > a pagan temple with the rest of his bodyguard. After they persisted in > refusing to sacrifice to Jupiter in Galerius' company, they were publicly > humiliated by being chained, dressed in female attire and paraded around > town.” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergius_and_Bacchus) > > > > Peace, > > > > Matt H. > > > > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 ********************************************************************** 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