medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (30. September) is the feast day of:
Sophia (?) Most likely a mythical saint ("Wisdom"), according to legend
Sophia was the mother of Sts. Faith, Hope, and Charity. The four of them
left Milan after their husband/father died, going to Rome so that they
could be martyred there. Emperor Hadrian obliged; the three daughters died
after many tortures; Sophia was beheaded after burying her daughters. The
cult of Sophia is attested in Rome from the sixth century.
Ursus, Victor, and companions (d. c. 303) Ursus, Victor, and 66 companions
escaped the massacre of the Theban Legion. They made their way to
Solothurn (modern Switzerland), where they were martyred.
Leopardus (d. c. 362) According to legend, Leopardus was the chamberlain
of Emperor Julian the Apostate. After quarreling with the emperor on
religious issues, Leopardus was flogged and then beheaded.
Jerome (d. 420) Jerome was born in Dalmatia in c. 341. He received a good
education (in part at Rome), and was baptized sometime before 366. He
decided to become a monk in Aquileia, but left for Palestine after a
quarrel. Jerome became a hermit there for five years, devoting himself to
the study of Hebrew, but eventually returned to Rome, where he became Pope
Damasus' secretary. It was at this time that Jerome began his magnificent
translation of the Bible, a work he continued in the East (after scandalous
gossip that his female devotees were more than just friends), spending the
rest of his life in Bethlehem.
Honorius (d. 653) Honorius arrived in England in 601, part of the second
installment of Roman missionaries sent to Kent., He became archbishop of
Canterbury in 627, and spent the rest of his life consolidating the work of
conversion, among other activities sending missionaries to East Anglia.
Tancred, Torthred, and Tova (d. 870) These two men and a woman were
hermits of Thorney (Cambridgeshire), and were killed by Danes in 870.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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