medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
[I just realized as I cut and pasted this message that my "Vacation saints" folder is now empty. That means the real Phyllis will be back on the job from now on. Welcome home, PJ. MG]
Today (20. August) is the feast day of:
Amadour (?) A cute legend tells that Amadour was a servant in the household of the holy family (!) He married St. Veronica, was driven from Palestine and went to Gaul, where he missionized the area around Bordeaux. On a visit to Rome he witnessed the martyrdom of Peter and Paul. Back in Gaul again, he founded several monasteries (!!) and ended up as a hermit at Quercy, where he built a shrine to the Virgin Mary.
Oswin (d. 651) Oswin was educated in Wessex after his father (the king of Deira) was killed. Oswin himself became king of Deira in 642. Oswy of Bernicia soon declared war on him. Supposedly Oswin didn't want to take part in a bloody war, so he hid, but was betrayed and murdered.
Philibert (d. c. 685) Philibert was a Frank who became a monk at Rebais. He and several companions founded the monastery of Jumieges in 654. P. fell foul of the evil mayor of the palace Ebroin and was imprisoned and then forced to leave Jumieges. So he went on and founded Noirmoutier and Quincay near Poitiers.
Bernard (d. 1153) Sometimes called the last of the church fathers, Bernard was responsible for much of the dramatic rise of the Cistercian order in the twelfth century. He was clearly a good recruiter---in 1112 he turned up at Citeaux with no fewer than 31 friends and relatives. In 1115 B. was sent on to found Clairvaux, which became the mother house of 68 more Cistercian monasteries. B. was certainly one of the most influential men of his century---advisor to popes, preacher of the second crusade, pursuer of rather nasty-sounding witch-hunt against Peter Abelard, and mediator. He was a prolific and deeply influential spiritual writer in his spare time. The "mellifluous doctor" was canonized in 1174 and declared a doctor of the church in 1830.
A modern saint: James Bell (blessed) (d. 1584) James Bell was an Englishman. He attended Oxford and became a Church of England priest, but later proclaimed himself a Catholic. He was executed with John Finch. Bell was beatified in 1929.
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