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Thanks for the suggestion! As I near retirement, I'm
looking for a "hobby" research project. The history of
the Catherine cult (including the Catherinettes in
France) looks like a good bet. List, gird your loins
for future questions!
MG
--- Jo Ann McNamara <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
> religion and culture
>
> And, if it is not too late in the year for light
> summer reading, I strongly
> recommend a novel recently appearing in paper back
> in your local B&N, etc.
> "A Stolen Tongue" by Sheri Holman, is a tale of
> pilgrims in the 15th century
> pursuing a series of special and bizarre devotions
> to St. Catherine to Mt.
> Athos. It is a tale of hagiography, of relics, of
> medieval religion in all
> its complexity.
>
> Jo Ann
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phyllis Jestice" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 3:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [M-R] Improbable saints
>
>
> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of
> medieval religion and culture
> >
> > I like the way Farmer starts his article about
> Catherine of Alexandria in
> > his Oxford Dictionary of Saints:
> >
> > "There is no ancient cult of this saint, no
> mention in early
> Martyrologies,
> > no early works of art. The cult began in the 9th
> century at Mount Sinai,
> > to which her body was supposed to have been
> transported by 'angels',
> though
> > this may have been a misinterpretation of 'monks',
> often described in
> > antiquity as living an 'angelic' life."
> >
> > Since she is supposed to have lived in the early
> fourth century, that
> seems
> > a long time of silence before the first word on
> Catherine is extant. So
> it
> > seems that the Vatican's complaint was that C's
> cult *wasn't* ancient,
> > despite the antiquity of the monastery that
> produced the legend.
> >
> > Phyllis
> >
> > >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of
> medieval religion and culture
> > >
> > >Doctissimi,
> > >
> > >Phyllis' recent posting RE Philomena reminded me
> of a
> > >question I've been meaning to pose. If it's naive
> or
> > >would require a huge and complicated response,
> feel
> > >free to ignore it. Here goes:
> > >Why was a saint as popular as was Catherine of
> > >Alexandria, and whose cult is so very ancient,
> have
> > >had her cult suppressed? I can see cutting out
> utterly
> > >fantastic stuff, but as I recall, her legend was
> not
> > >so bizarre. It would seem to me that the extent
> of
> > >devotion to her and the longevity of her cult
> would
> > >argue FOR at least a kernel of a real person at
> the
> > >core of the legend (forgive the mixed metaphor).
> Saint
> > >Denis' (of Gaul) legend is rife with nonsense yet
> no
> > >one suggests that he didn't exist.
> > >Thanks in advance for any enlightenment.
> > >MG
> > >
> >
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