medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (12. July) is the feast day of:
Veronica (1st cent.) A figure of legend, whose name (which means
"true image") seems just a little too convenient to be a coincidence.
Legend tells that when Christ was carrying his cross on his way to
the crucifixion, a woman in the crowd wiped his face with a
cloth---which became miraculously imprinted with Jesus' face.
Various legends tell that she cured Emperor Tiberius with this relic,
that she was the wife of Zacchaeus the tax collector and accompanied
him to France to convert the locals, or that she was the woman Jesus
cured of a 12-year hemorrhage.
Nabor and Felix (d. 303) Legend tells that these two were Moorish
(whatever that means in the fourth century) soldiers of Maximian
Herculeus. They were beheaded as Christians at Lodi (Italy).
John the Iberian (d. c. 1002) Iberian in this context = from
Georgia. John was a great military commander, but when he hit middle
ages he left his wife and family (with her consent) to become a monk
on Mt. Olympus. So many would-be disciples sought J. out that he
moved to Mt. Athos to avoid them, or at least to control them. In c.
980 J. and his son founded a monastery for Iberians on Mt.
Athos---the Iviron Monastery.
John Gualbert (d. 1073) John was the son of a noble Florentine
family. As an adult he became a monk at San Miniato, but decided to
go off and become a hermit instead. After a time at Camaldoli he
founded a monastery of his own---Vallombrosa, near Fiesole. John was
a dedicated combatant of simony and was credited with miracles and
the gift of prophecy. He was canonized in 1193.
A modern saint: John Jones (d. 1598) JJ was a Welsh Catholic,
ordained at Rheims and sent to work in England. In 1587 he was
discovered while working among Catholic prisoners in London, but
escaped. He then became a Franciscan and returned to England in
1592. Arrested again in 1596 he was imprisoned for 2 years, then
hanged, drawn, and quartered as a traitor. He was canonized in 1970.
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