medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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?
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> 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
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