Subject: | | Re: Hugo de Folieto |
From: | | "John B. Wickstrom" <[log in to unmask]> |
Reply-To: | | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 9 Apr 2000 08:56:01 -0700653_iso-8859-1 April 9 – Venerable Scorner of This World’s Vainglory and Impermanence
The Venerable Priest Fray Antonio Maldonado; a native of Salamanca and the son of Noble and wealthy Parents; Primogeniture of considerable revenue, for which cause he was betrothed to the daughter of a Vassal Lord.
On the day of his engagement’s celebrations, he entered a tournament, richly adorned and gallantly dressed. That night he could find no rest, in consideration of the impermanence of the world’s glory; and so, in the morning, with gallant resolution, he fled to the Convent of Our Father San Francisco, where he took on [...]39_9Apr200008:56:[log in to unmask] |
Date: | | Fri, 07 Apr 2000 22:56:07 -0400 |
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Thanks Ilya. I am working on the cult of an early Benedictine saint,
Maurus of Glanfeuil. I did a search of the PL database and one
interesting item that came up was a mention in Hugo. In his Tractatus he
told a rather charming story involving fish imagery, the moral of which
was that the New Testament figure Cornelius should be taken as the model
of the secular man, St. Paul the model for intellectuals and Maurus,
owing to his humility and obedience, as the model for cloistered men. I
simply know nothing about the author or the work and was looking for
some background.
jw
qqq wrote:
> Dear, John WickstromI, perhaps, can give You some information.(I am
> working on medieval bestiaries.) But, please, explain more concr-ly
> what You are looking for.Yours,Ilya Dines
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