medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Here come the saints for the next three days, as
promised. I don't want to forget my duties in the
flurry of packing so I'm sending them rather early in
the day. Those of you in NY and other areas affected
by the catastrophic power failure will probably not
receive them until tomorrow a.m. anyway. In a few
days, you'll be back in Phyllis' capable hands.
MG
Today (15. August) is the feast day of:
The Assumption of the Virgin Mary (1st cent.) The
deathday of the Virgin
Mary and her principal feast; her bodily assumption
to heaven was widely
assumed in the Latin Church in the Middle Ages, but
only became a point of
Roman Catholic doctrine in the 1870s, if I remember
correctly the only
"infallible" pronouncement ever made by a pope.
Neopolus of Alexandria (d. c. 300) Neopolus
(Neopolus (or Neapolysus,
Napoleon) was tortured in Alexandria during the
Great Persecution and died
of his injuries. The French emperor was named after
him.
Tarsicius of Rome (3rd-4th cent.) We have the
epitaph composed for
Tarsicius' tomb by Pope Damasus I. It tells that
Tarsicius was carrying
the consecrated sacrament along the street (maybe to
Christians in prison)
and was set upon by a non-Christian mob. T., who
was probably a deacon,
died rather than let the eucharist be profaned.
Alypius (d. c. 430) Augustine of Hippo's friend,
Alypius was baptized with
Gus and lived together in a religious community in
Tagaste (their hometown)
before Alypius went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land
and Augustine was
drafted as priest of Hippo. Alypius became bishop
of Tagaste in 393,
remaining Augustine's staunch supporter for the rest
of his life.
Altfrid (d. 874) Altfrid (Alfred) was a monk of
Corvey who became bishop
of Hildesheim in 851. He was noted for his
peacefulness and goodwill in a
disturbed age. He supported monasticism in his
diocese and supported canon
law.
Arnulf of Soissons (d. 1087) The Flemish Arnulf was
a soldier for a time,
then became a hermit attached to the abbey of St.
Medard at Soissons. He
was forced to become bishop of Soissons in 1081,
only to be expelled by a
rival. He retired to the monastery of Oudenbourg,
which he had founded.
Rupert of Ottobeuren (d. 1145) Rupert was prior of
St. George's Monastery
in the Black Forest before becoming abbot of
Ottobeuren in Bavaria in 1102.
He introduced the Hirsau reform there, and made the
monastery prosper
during his long abbacy.
Dr. Phyllis Jestice
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