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Dear Brenda!
My knowledge about Saint Restitutus goes next to nothing, but perhaps, you should throw a glance at this site:
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2767
Kind regards
Werner
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From: "Ms Brenda M. Cook" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 10:50 PM
Subject: [M-R] Saint Restitutus / ta
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Today I visited the church of St Agatha, Portsmouth, where I was shown a
> 17th C Reliquary believed to have been the property of Mary (Beatrice) of
> Modena, second wife of King James II (or VII if you are a Scot). A sturdy
> glass-fronted casket, it contained one skull and several bones neatly
> bedecked in crimson ribbons.
>
> It is labelled as containing severally some of the bones of Saint Boniface,
> Saint Perpetua and Saint Restitutus.
>
> They (and I) are familiar with Boniface and Perpetua but are flummoxed by
> Saint Restitutus.
>
> Being the sort of person I am, I offered to do a bit of looking-up.
>
> The Catholic Encyclopaedia on-line gives no one of that name.
> The on-line Catholic Forum Patron Saint Index gives a Saint RestitutA. (fl
> 304. Fd 17 May) but no Saint RestitutUS.
>
> A trawl through Med Rel Archives gives more about the above RestitutA - she
> came from North Africa, was martyred by being put to sea in a burning boat
> and ended up near Naples.
>
> There was also reference to a Saint RestitutA of Sora (fl 271 ? Fd 27 May)
>
> The only RestitutUS is the first known Bishop of London who attended the
> Council of Arles in 314 but there is no indication that he was ever
> canonised.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas ? Is Saint Restitutus history, myth or clerical
> error ... ?
>
> I know it is Out of Period, but does anyone have any idea why Mary of Modena
> should have acquired the relics of these particular saints ?
>
> Brenda M. C.
>
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