medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Phyllis -
it just occurred to me to enquire about the status of the encyclopedia.
are you likely to be sending me proofs or any such thing this summer?
I'll be back in the US in August, but if you will need to reach me before
then I can send you a few addresses.
Meg
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From: Phyllis Jestice [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 8:40 PM
To: Cormack, Margaret Jean
Subject: saints of the day 11. May
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (11. May) is the feast day of:
Mamertus of Vienne (d. 475) Mamertus was the elder brother of the
Gallo-Roman poet Claudian. He became bishop of Vienne in 461---a
particularly troubled period in the history of Gaul. So M. came up with
the idea of annual processions and litanies every spring to draw the people
together and try to win God's help for their difficulties---the Rogation
days.
Asaph of Wales (d. c. 600) Asaph was a favorite disciple of St. Kentigern.
Whether A. or Kentigern founded the monastery of Llanelwy in northern
Wales, A. became the abbot. He built up a flourishing monastic community
that celebrated laus perennis, and when he became a bishop, the monastery
became the episcopal seat.
Comgall (d. c. 601) Comgall was founder and first abbot of the most
important of the Irish monasteries named Bangor, after living for some
years as a hermit on an island in Lough Erne. Comgall was a firm
disciplinarian, an advocate of monastic study, and an encourager of
missionary ventures. His success can be seen in the large numbers he drew
to Bangor: legend reports that the population of his monasteries reached
3,000. C's relics were scattered by viking raiders in 822.
Gangulphus of Burgundy (d. 760) Invoked by unhappily married husbands,
Gangulphus was the victim of a domestic tragedy. He was a courtier, but
retired as a hermit. Whether or not she had had a wandering eye before,
his wife certainly picked up a lover at that point---who proceeded to
murder G. (I think my sympathies are with the abandoned wife.)
Maieul (Maiolus) (d. 994) One of the great abbots of Cluny, Maieul was
born at Avignon, studied at Lyons, and became archdeacon of Macon. But
instead of following the usual course and becoming bishop of Besancon, M.
became a monk at Cluny. He was appointed coadjutor when Abbot Aymardus
went blind, and succeeded to the abbacy in 965. M. was responsible for
building the second church at Cluny, won papal privileges and the favor of
the Ottonians (who offered him the papacy in 974), and reformed several
monasteries. M's relics were formally translated when Urban II visited the
monastery in 1095.
Ansfrid of Utrecht (d. 1010) Ansfrid was count of Brabant, but with strong
monastic proclivities. In 992 he established the convent of Thorn for his
wife and daughter, and wanted to become a monk himself. Instead, he found
himself appointed archbishop of Utrecht. While in office, he founded the
monastery of Heiigenberg, but was only able to realize his ambition and
become a monk there when he went blind.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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