medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (24. May) is the feast day of:
Sarah (1st century) According to legend, the servant Sarah came to
southern Gaul with Lazarus, Mary Magdalene, Martha, Mary Salome, and Mary
Jacoba in a small boat from Palestine. Sarah remained there and preached
Christianity; the legend makes her the first missionary of Provence. King
Rene of Provence is supposed to have discovered Sarah's relics thanks to a
dream in 1448. In the twentieth century, Sarah became the special patron
saint of the gypsies and of travelling people more generally. 1000s of
gypsies come each year to Sarah's festivities in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
(southern France), where the festival culminates in the carrying of Sarah's
statue to the beach.
Rogatian and Donatian of Nantes (d. c. 250 or c. 304) The catechumen
Rogatian and his baptized brother Donatian were martyred at Nantes in
either the Decian or the Diocletianic persecution.
Servulus of Lystra (d. c. 285) A largely legendary passio reports that the
child Servulus was martyred in Lystra near Ikonium (Turkey) in c. 285.
Because the name Lystra was later misread as "Istria," the legend arose
that the saint had been martyred there, and the nearby Trieste (Italy) made
Servulus its patron saint.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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