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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dominic and his bishop Diego of Osma are each named *vir dei* in Jordan of Saxony's *Libellus *(1233). None of the other friars are so described, however. On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 2:37 PM John Wickstrom <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > In an early monastic context, the term was used for St. Benedict and > disciples who approximated his holiness. > > JBW > > > John B. Wickstrom > ------------------------------ > *From:* medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious > culture <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Thomas Izbicki < > [log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* Friday, June 21, 2019 1:49 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [M-R] vir dei > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Meg, > > I ran the term through the Patrologia Latina Database. Not all uses of *vir > dei* are for saints. However, I saw none for living clergy. > > Tom Izbicki > ------------------------------ > *From:* medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious > culture <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Cormack, Margaret > Jean <[log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* Friday, June 21, 2019 12:46:32 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [M-R] vir dei > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > Greetings all, > In the Middle Ages, would it be fair to say that the term 'vir dei' was > used exclusively of saints, as opposed to other members of the clergy? when > did the meaning as simply 'clergyman' , i.e. the modern 'man of God' become > common? > Thanks for your input, > Meg > ********************************************************************** 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 > ********************************************************************** 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 -- Steven Watts, Ph.D. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies 59 Queen's Park Crescent East Toronto, Ontario, Canada MSS 2C4 ********************************************************************** 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