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> Killed by a gang led by a certain Dodo. Is Dodo a proper name or descriptive of the person? Robert > -----Original Message----- > From: CA Muessig [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, September 17, 1998 9:27 AM > To: medieval-religion > Subject: FEAST 17 September > > Today, 17 September, is the feast of... > > Socrates and Stephen, martyrs (?): Butler writes: "Nothing whatever is > known of these martyrs and they are only of interest because the Roman > Martyrology, following the Martyrology of Jerome, says that their > passion took place in Britain." > > Satyrus (379): Eulogized by his younger brother, Ambrose of Milan. > > Lambert, bishop of Maastricht, martyr (705): Killed by a gang led by a > certain Dodo. > > Columba, virgin and martyr (853): Native of Cordoba, killed by > Moslems. > > Hildegard of Bingen, abbess of Rupertsberg (1179): AKA in her own day > as > the Sibyl of the Rhine. > > The Impression of the Stigmata upon St Francis (1224): With the > exception of Francis, I cannot think of any other male stigmatic from > the Middle Ages. Are there any others? > > In reply to this question two years Gary Dickson wrote: > > Male stigmatics: Herbert Thurston's (old but not quite venerable > collection of studies) "The Physical Phenomena of Mysticism" [not at > hand] gives the best dossier I know of. Before Francis, there was the > Bl. Dodo. > > Peter Arbues, inquisitor and martyr (1485): His zeal made him many > enemies. > > > ****************** > Dr Carolyn Muessig > Department of Theology and Religious Studies > University of Bristol > Bristol BS8 1TB > UK > phone: +44(0)117-928-8168 > fax: +44(0)117-929-7850 > e-mail: [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%