medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Apropos of the thread on St. Thomas and the solstice, the question came up
at dinner tonight; if the birth of Christ was placed at the solstice as an
appropriately symbolic date, why the 25th rather than the 21st?
jw
John B. Wickstrom
Kalamazoo College
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Subject: [M-R] saints of the day 22. December
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (22. December) is the feast day of:
Chaeremon, Ischyrion, and companions (d. after 250) Bishop Chaeremon of
Nilopolis and some companions fled from Decius' persecution to the
mountains of Arabia and vanished without a trace. Ischyrion, the employee
of an Alexandrian magistrate, stayed behind. His employer ordered him to
renounce Christianity, Ischyrion refused, and was beaten and then impaled.
Zeno of Nicomedia (d. 303) Zeno was a soldier. Ordered to make a
sacrifice to Ceres he did so, ridiculing Diocletian while he did it. He
had his jaw broken as punishment, and was then beheaded.
Flavian (d. 362/363) Flavian was urban prefect of Rome, the father of the
martyr Bibiana (who was commemorated on 2. December). Emperor Julian had
Flavian branded on the forehead and exiled to a small village, where he
died. His wife Dafrosa was beheaded.
Jutta of Disibodenberg (d. 1136) Jutta was born in c. 1090 in Spanheim
(Germany). In 1106 she became a recluse. Jutta became famous as an
advisor and teacher, and soon a nunnery grew up around her cell, with Jutta
(still in her cell) leading the community as abbess. Hildegard reports
that many miracles were worked at Jutta's tomb, which led to the location
becoming a popular pilgrimage site.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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