medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (28. July) is the feast day of:
Nazarius and Celsus (d. c. 68) According to legend, Nazarius was a
disciple of St. Peter. During Nero's reign he was beheaded in Milan
for preaching Christianity, along with his young companion Celsus.
While that's legend, it's fact that Ambrose discovered the bodies in
Milan soon after 395 (this has a legendary element too: that N's
blood was still liquid when the relics were discovered).
Samson (d. 565) The Welsh Samson was dedicated to God as a child and
sent to St. Illtud's monastery at Llanwit. He lived as a hermit for
a while, visited Ireland, became abbot of St. Dubricius' monastery,
became a bishop, worked as a missionary in Cornwall (where he founded
monasteries), and then went on to Brittany. S. founded monasteries
at Dol and Pental.
Paul of Xeropatamou (10th cent.) Paul was the son of a Byzantine
emperor. He received an excellent education and became one of the
most learned men of his age. He gave up on intellectual fame,
though, and went to Mt. athos, where he built himself a cell and
settled down to an ascetic life. Disciples came and he ended up
founding a monastery on Athos. P. then tried to go off by himself
again, but more disciples turned up and he ended up founding a second
monastery. P's relics were in Hagia Sophia until 1204; they're now
in Venice.
Botvid (d. 1100) Botvid was a Swede, raised in the traditional
religion but converted to Christianity while visiting England. He
preached in Sweden---until he and a companion were murdered by a
Finnish slave he had bought and liberated.
A modern saint: Pedro Poveda Castroverde (d. 1936) PPC was a Spanish
priest who spent most of his life as a zealous advocate of education
for the poor, founding an academy, pushing for a professional
education for teachers, etc. Unfortunately the Spanish Civil War
came along and P was shot by a firing squad in Madrid. He was
beatified in 1993 and canonized last year.
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