medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (29. January) is the feast day of:
Sharbel and Barbea (d. 101) Sharbel and Barbea were a brother and sister,
martyred at Edessa in Trajan's reign. According to tradition, Sharbel had
been the high priest of one of the cults there before his conversion. They
were tortured with hot irons, then killed by having nails hammered into
their heads (yuck).
Sabinian of Troyes (d. c. 275) Legend tells that Sabinian and his sister
St. Sabina were refugees from Samos (in the Aegean) to Troyes in Gaul,
where Sabinian was martyred, maybe in the reign of Aurelian.
Blath (d. 523) A holy cook at St. Brigid's convent at Kildare in Ireland.
Gildas the Wise (d. c. 570) Gildas was a Briton from Strathclyde who went
to Wales as a refugee and became a monk. Later he was a hermit, both in
Wales and in Brittany. He is best known for his De Excidiis Britanniae, on
how rotten the Brits were and how God was punishing them with Saxons.
Dallan Forgaill (d. 598) Dallan was from Connacht, a relative of St. Aidan
of Ferns. He was a famous scholar, and the author of one of the earliest
works of Christian Irish liturgy, the Ambra Choluim Kille (a poem in honor
of Colum Cille). He was killed by raiding pirates.
Charles of Sayn (blessed) (d. c. 1215) Charles was a soldier who became a
Cistercian at Himmerod (Belgium) in 1185. He spent 1197 to 1209 as abbot
of Villers in Brabant, making the place an important monastic center. C's
cult is not confirmed, but he is celebrated by the Cistercians.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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