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Dear Fellow List Members
>Today (25. March) is the feast day of:
>Dismas the Good Thief (d. 29?) Dismas was one of two thieves crucified
>alongside Jesus. He repented while on the cross, and was promised
entry
>into Paradise. His cult is strong in Cyprus and Bologna. It's an
>interesting problem that Dismas' death is celebrated according to the
>Gregorian calendar, but Jesus' is based on a lunar calendar, so they
rarely
>are commemorated on the same day.
So it falls on the historical day assigned to the Passion. I leave
others to discuss the consequent inference as to its antiquity.
Incidentally, there's a thread on solar v lunar dating just now on the
LT-ANTIQ List.
Robert Gordon on that List today recommends
>an excellent (!) chapter by R. Deane Ware, "Medieval Chronology: Theory
and Practice" on the transition (which occurred over >centuries)
including many other methods of dating and how they were used in
combination. I note today that Amazon has it on
>sale for 30% off (US$13.95). The book was recommended to me by David
Ganz about 2 years ago, through this lserv.
>Medieval studies : an introduction / edited by James M. Powell.
>Paperback - 438 pages 2nd Ed edition (September 1992)
>Syracuse Univ Pr; ISBN: 0815625561 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.23 x
9.00 x 6.03
Best wishes
Graham
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University of Leicester
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Quirinus of Rome (d. c. 269) Quirinus was a Roman martyr, killed by
decapitation. His killers threw Quirinus' remains into the Tiber; they
were washed ashore and moved to a catacomb by co-religionists. These
relics were translated to Tigernsee (Bavaria) in 761. Legend reports
that
during the translatio the case containing the relics was set on the
ground
between Gmund and Tegernsee---and a spring suddenly sprang up. An
important spring-based pilgrimage developed to the site.
Pelagius of Laodicea (d. c. 381) Pelagius became bishop of Laodicea
(Syria) in c. 362. He was a leading opponent of Arianism, taking a
lively
role at several synods. He was banished for a time by the Arian emperor
Valens.
Walter of Pontoise (d. 1095 or 1099) Walter was from Andainville
(France).
He entered the Benedictine monastery of Rebais in northern France and a
few years later became first abbot of the newly founded monastery of
Pontoise near Paris. He had such great difficulties that he asked the
pope
to permit his resignation. When the pope refused, Walter left Pontoise
secretly and hid himself at Cluny. The pope ordered him back to
Pontoise.
Walter's relics were raised in 1153.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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