medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (27. October) is the feast day of:
Abban (5th cent.) One of the early saints of Ireland, perhaps a
predecessor of Patrick. He is credited as the founder of Killabban Abbey
in Co. Laois.
Abraham the Poor (d. c. 367) A popular saint in Egypt, Abraham was a
disciple of Pachomius who then became a hermit in a cave for the last
seventeen years of his life.
Frumentius and Aedisius (late 4th cent.) These brothers are credited as
the apostles of Ethiopia. They were shipwrecked on the Eritraean coast
while voyaging on the Red Sea and taken to the inland kingdom of Axum.
There, F and A became important courtiers and started preaching
Christianity. They appealed to Athanasius to send them a
bishop---Athanasius responded by consecrating Frumentius as the first
bishop of Axum and ordaining Aedisius as a priest.
Elesbaan (Caleb) (d. c. 555) Elesbaan was king of Axum (part of modern
Ethiopia). By the time he came to the throne, Axum was largely Christian.
E. attacked the Jewish king of the Himyarites (Yemen) when the latter
started persecuting his Christian subjects. E. eventually abdicated to
become a monk. Oddly, this distant and monophysite figure made his way
into the Roman Martyrology.
Antonia of Brescia (blessed) (d. 1507) Antonia became a Dominican nun at a
young age, and served as prioress at Ferrara from age 66. That didn't work
out well, though, because she was too rigorous for the taste of the nuns,
and was soon deposed. She lived to the age of 100, a model of patience and
humility.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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