medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (21. November) is the feast day of:
The Presentation of the Virgin Mary
Gelasius I (d. 496) Gelasius was born in Rome and became a priest
there. He was elected pope in 492. Much of his pontificate was
occupied arguing against Constantinople over the Acacian heresy,
respective rights, and so on. G. also set his face against the
revived festival of Lupercalia in Rome, getting it cancelled
permanently. He did not, however, have anything to do with the
Gelasian Sacramentary that has long been attributed to him.
Hilary (d. c. 1045) Hilary was abbot of St. Vincent's in Volturno,
which he made into an important center of learning.
Albert of Louvain (d. 1202) Albert was the son of Duke Godfrey III
of Brabant (and, I assume, Mrs. Godfrey---but, as is so often the
case, my source doesn't mention her). He was put on a fast track for
a clerical career, becoming a canon of Liege at the age of 12. He
rejected that for a short time to be a knight, but then got back on
track and became an archdeacon and in 1191 bishop of Liege. But the
right of appointment to the see was contested, and Henry VI deposed
Albert and appointed somebody else. Albert appealed to Rome and won
his case---although the archbishop of Cologne still refused to
consecrate him and the imperial appointee refused to give up his
office. The stand-off culminated in Albert's murder by a group of
Henry VI's knights. Lothar (the anti-bishop) was excommunicated and
exiled; Emperor Henry was forced to do penance.
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