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. (Scholars debate whether Hildegard was actually
an abbess, e.g., Constant Mews says no, while others say yes, e.g.,
John Van Engen: Discuss.)
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 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 (not to be confused with the Dodo who killed Lambert, bishop of
Maastricht).
Peter Arbues, inquisitor and martyr (1485): His zeal made him many
enemies.
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
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