medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I should have included in my original message the fact
that this was a state holiday in North Carolina as
late as 1981, and possibly later. The usual official
or unofficial holiday for Easter is Good Friday.
Elizabeth Whitaker
>
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Date: 2002/10/22 Tue PM 12:03:56 EDT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [M-R] Easter Monday?
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Easter Monday used to be observed as a holiday in some
> states of the Southern U.S., including mine, which is
> South Carolina. I've never understood why, and never
> got a good answer. I assume the roots are somewhere in
> medieval or Reformation English church history.
>
> Elizabeth Whitaker
>
> >
> > From: Robert Kraft <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: 2002/10/21 Mon PM 09:24:36 EDT
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [M-R] Easter Monday?
> >
> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> >
> > I feel that I must be missing something here. Salome in the 4th Gospel(s)
> > (see Mk 15.40 and 16.1)? Easter Monday? Must be time for me to retire!
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > > Today (22. October) is the feast day of:
> > >
> > > Salome of Galilee (1st cent.) Salome was a follower of Jesus, the wife of
> > > Zebedee, and the mother of James and John. She was among the women who
> > > stood at the cross, and according to John's gospels was one of the
> > > witnesses to the resurrection on Easter Monday.
> >
> > --
> > Robert A. Kraft, Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
> > 227 Logan Hall (Philadelphia PA 19104-6304); tel. 215 898-5827
> > [log in to unmask]
> > http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/rak/kraft.html
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