medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (11. February) is the feast day of:
Lucius of Adrianople (d. 348/350) Lucius was bishop of Adrianople (Thrace)
in the first half of the fourth century, and took a leading role at the
Council of Sardika in 347. He refused to accept Arianism, and was martyred
along with other Christians at the command of Emperor Constatius.
Gobnait (sixth century) According to tradition, the Irish Gobnait had to
flee her home to avoid being caught up in a feud. She went at first to the
Aran Islands, where she built a church. An angel told her, however, that
the "place of her resurrection" (where she would be buried) was not there,
but at the place where she would find nine white deer grazing. Gobnait set
out in search of this site, founding monastic communities along the way,
including the church of Kilgobnet (near Dungarvan). Eventually she settled
at Ballyvourney (Co. Cork), and established a religious house with the help
of St. Abbán.
Caedmon (d. 680) Caedmon was the first Christian poet of the Anglo-Saxons.
A protege of Hilda of Whitby, Caedmon is supposed to have been a herdsman
who as an adult suddenly discovered a gift for song and poetry.
Unfortunately, his work no longer survives, except for nine lines quoted by
Bede.
Benedict of Aniane (d. 821) "The second Benedict," the Visigothic Witiza
at first lived a secular life, but in 773 became a monk (taking the name
Benedict). In 779 he founded the monastery of Aniane near Montpellier.
Starkly ascetic in his own practices, Benedict seems to have made
propagation of the Benedictine Rule his life's work. A close ally of
Emperor Louis the Pious, the two together were responsible for an
impressive body of monastic reform legislation that firmly established the
preeminence of Benedictine-style monasticism in the Frankish empire.
Reginald of St-Gilles (of Orleans) (blessed) (d. 1220) Reginald, born in
St-Gilles (southern France) in 1183, was a canon in Paris from 1206 and
then deacon in Orleans from 1212. In 1218 he became a follower of St.
Dominic. Reginald went on to found the Dominican houses in Bologna and
Paris. He was beatified in 1875.
Nicolaus Palea (d. 1255) (blessed) Another early disciple of Dominic,
Nicolaus was from the vicinity of Bari (Italy). He became one of the most
important popularizers of the Order of Preachers, famed as a preacher
himself. He was credited with many miracles during his lifetime and was
highly venerated---although not beatified until 1828.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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