medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Phyllis Jestice <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Barbara (d. 306?) ....was deleted from the Roman Calendar in 1969 because of
the lack of historical evidence of her existence---but who could doubt a story
like this!
indeed.
*all* saints' lives being, by their nature, inherently incredible (what *is* a
miracle, after all, if not something not to be believed?), the criteria
mustered up to banish one or another from The List can hardly be anything
other than arbitrary.
i say, leave 'em *all* on the Calendar and let God sort them out.
besides, i remember 1969, and there were a *lot* of very, very bad decisions
being made that year.
c
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