George, Zeno of Verona was born in Africa and was apparently black. Martin Martin Howley, Humanities Librarian, Tel: (709) 737-8514 QE II Library, Memorial Univ of Newfoundland FAX: (709) 737-2153 St John's, NFLD, Canada A1B 3Y1 E-mail:[log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, George FERZOCO wrote: > Does anyone know of other 'saints of colour' in pre-modern Europe? > > George Ferzoco tel ++ 44 (0)116 252 2654 > Director of Studies for Italian fax ++ 44 (0)116 252 3633 > University of Leicester e-mail [log in to unmask] > School of Modern Languages > LEICESTER LE1 7RH UNITED KINGDOM > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%