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All the information about Paraskeve's commemoration that I have ready
access to is that:
Both 26. July and 28 October are given as her (their?) feast day in the
Orthodox church, and
she is in the Roman Martyrology on 20. March
It shouldn't surprise anyone that standard reference works short-change a
Balkan cult.
Phyllis
>
>July 26 is given in several sources as the feast day of the
>second-century Paraskeve, so it would be interesting to know how a feast
>on March 20 arose, especially if it appears in a Western source. Does it
>appear so in your German inventory, Phyllis?
>
>Two further questions to colleagues in general: Can anyone recommend a
>good commentary on the Paraskeve saints, and has anyone any comments on
>the possible deeper meanings behind the name, which is normally
>translated as 'St Friday'. Though sometimes explained as 'Born on a
>Friday', St Friday happens to be also the name of a medieval devotion
>which crops up in medieval English devotional bequests (there was even a
>St Friday's Bridge here in Leicester). Do we know what this
>commemorated? Does it represent the Passion, or something else? A
>further intriguing issue is to what hebdomadal cycle Paraskeve relates,
>since in the Balkans she is also known as 'Petko', that is, Fifth Day.
>In the Christian week, Friday is, of course, the sixth day. Only if the
>week begins on Monday can Friday be the fifth day. At the same time, as
>I understand it (and I would be very happy to be corrected on this
>point) Paraskeve means literally 'the day of preparation'; which if
>Friday is meant, would relate to a weekly cycle fixed to the Jewish
>Sabbath, the seventh day with Friday as the sixth.
>
>What's going on here?
>
>Best wishes
>
>Graham
>
>>Today (20. March) is the feast day of:
>
>>Parasceve (d. 138/161) Parasceve was a particularly beloved saint in
>the
>>Middle Ages, and a rich body of legends developed around her.
>Parasceve
>>was a virgin martyr, probably killed in the reign of Antoninus Pius in
>>Palestine. Legend reports that Parasceve was imprisoned and tortured
>>several times, but remained miraculously uninjured; the emperor was so
>>impressed that he accepted baptism. After that, Parasceve traveled
>widely
>>and preached Christianity with great success---at one point she even
>killed
>>a dragon, impressing yet another ruler so much that he converted.
>
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>From: Phyllis Jestice [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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>Subject: [M-R] saints of the day 20. March
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>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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>Today (20. March) is the feast day of:
>
>Parasceve (d. 138/161) Parasceve was a particularly beloved saint in
>the
>Middle Ages, and a rich body of legends developed around her. Parasceve
>was a virgin martyr, probably killed in the reign of Antoninus Pius in
>Palestine. Legend reports that Parasceve was imprisoned and tortured
>several times, but remained miraculously uninjured; the emperor was so
>impressed that he accepted baptism. After that, Parasceve traveled
>widely
>and preached Christianity with great success---at one point she even
>killed
>a dragon, impressing yet another ruler so much that he converted.
>
>Claudia (d. c. 300) A legendary passio relates that Claudia was
>martyred
>in Asia Minor by being hanged, flayed, and finally burned in an oven.
>
>Martin of Braga (d. 579 or 580) From c. 550 on, Martin worked as a
>missionary among the Arian Sueves in the region of Braga (NW Iberian
>peninsula), successfully converting them to catholicism. From c. 556
>on,
>Martin was first bishop of Dumium, and from 570 on archbishop of Braga
>(now
>Portugal)
>
>Cuthbert (d. 687) Cuthbert is one of the great saints of England; his
>nickname was "miracle worker of Britain." Cuthbert was born in 634 and
>in
>651 entered the monastery of Melrose (Scotland). In 664 he became prior
>of
>Lindisfarne. He lived for six years as a hermit, becoming ever more
>famous, and in 685 was named bishop of Hexham (the see soon transfered
>to
>Lindisfarne). His tomb was opened eleven years after his death, and the
>body was found uncorrupt.
>
>Herbert of Cumberland (d. 687) The English priest Herbert was a
>disciple
>of St. Cuthbert. He venerated Cuthbert so greatly that he prayed to die
>on
>the same day as his hero, which he did.
>
>Wulfram (d. 700 or 720) Wulfram was a monk, and in c. 690 became
>archbishop of Sens (France) However, he soon left his bishopric and
>worked
>with Willibrord as a missionary in Frisia.
>
>Remigius of Strassburg (blessed) (d. 783) Remigius was a son of the
>duke
>of Alsace and a nephew of St. Odilia. After a time as abbot of Munster
>near Colmar (Alsace), from 776 he served as bishop of Strassburg. Pope
>Leo
>IX beatified Remigius in 1051.
>
>John of Parma (blessed) (d. 1289) John, a member of the Buralli family,
>was born in Parma probably in 1209. In 1233 he entered the Franciscan
>order, and over the following years held a number of offices in the
>order,
>including serving as general minister from 1247 to 1257; he was one of
>the
>reformers of the young order. John was sent as papal legate to
>Constantinople in 1288, but died on the journey. He was beatified in
>1777.
>
>Mauritius Pannonius (Csaky) (d. 1336) Never formally canonized, but
>with a
>major cult in Hungary. Mauritius was a member of the Hungarian royal
>family, born in c. 1280. He married, but after three years separated
>from
>his wife and entered a monastery in Budapest. He was highly honored for
>his asceticism, humility, and intensity of prayer.
>
>Baptista Spagnoli of Mantua (blessed) (d. 1516) The Carmelite Baptista
>of
>Mantua was a great Catholic humanist and important author who was
>sometimes
>likened to Vergil. Baptista was born in 1448 in Mantua, and entered the
>Carmelite order at the age of fifteen. He held several high offices in
>the
>order, besides composing about 55,000 verses. He was beatified in 1885.
>
>Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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