medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (27. February) is the feast day of:
Julian, Cronion Eunus, and Besas (d. 250) Dionysius of Alexandria has left
an account of this martyrdom. Julian was a citizen of Alexandria. When
accused of being a Christian he was suffering an attack of gout, so his two
Christian slaves carried him to the law court. Once there, the slaves were
pressured; one apostacized, the other (Cronion Eunus) ended up being
martyred with Julian. While they were paraded around town on camels,
whipped, and finally burned to death, a sympathetic soldier named Besas
tried to help them, and was lynched by the mob.
Thalelaeus Epiclautos (d. c. 450) Thalelaeus was a hermit who lived at
Gabala in Syria. He took up residence next to a temple, and converted many
good polytheistic pilgrims who visited there. He seems to have been at
least a would-be Cynic, living for many years in an open barrel.
Leander of Seville (d. 600) Leander was the eldest brother of an extremely
saintly family that included Sts. Fulgentius, Isidore, and Florentina. He
became a monk, met and befriended Gregory the Great while on a mission to
Constantinople, and on his return became archbishop of Seville (579). His
very fruitful administration included revision of the Spanish liturgy,
conversion of some important Visigothic leaders, and two councils at
Toledo. He also founded a school at Seville.
Baldomer (d. c. 650) The patron saint of locksmiths, Baldomer (Galmier)
was a locksmith of Lyons who became a monk at the monastery of st. Justus.
John of Gorze (d. c. 975) One of the more attractive reformers of the
tenth century, John was a noble from near Metz. He and a group of
like-minded friends decided to establish a reformed monastery and ended up
being given the monastery of Gorze to restore by the bishop of Metz. The
vita of John describes the early part of his life in considerable detail,
but unfortunately breaks off while John is in the midst of an embassy to
the Ummayad caliph Abd er-Rahman III in Spain, boldly standing up for the
faith. John returned to Gorze and became abbot in 960, and it was during
his administration that the Gorzian movement began its spread to many
monasteries in Germany and beyond.
Emmanuel of Cremona (d. 1298) (blessed) Emmanuel became bishop of Cremona
in 1291 but after four years in office resigned and retired to the
Cistercian monastery of Adwert (Netherlands; as far as he could get from
Cremona?? I can't find any reason why he went so far). He had a local cult
at Adwert.
Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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