medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Phyllis Jestice wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
> Today (30. April) is the feast day of:
The Deposition of St Erkenwald - not a Sarum feast, although the Office is
in some Breviaries. In the London diocese, it is an Inferior double feast,
with three lessons at Matins.
> An early modern saint: Pius V (d. 1572) Antonio Ghislieri, the future
> Pius V, was a Dominican professor of theology and philosophy. He was
> appointed bishop of Nepi and Butri in 1556, inquisitor of Lombardy in
> 1557, and soon thereafter became a cardinal and inquisitor general.
> He was elected pope in 1566 and set out to implement the decrees of
> the Council of Trent. He simplified the papal court, completed the
> new catechism, reformed the breviary and missal, lived a life of
> personal austerity and piety, and was generous to the poor. He also
> worked desperately against heretics and Turks. P was canonized in
> 1712.
He consolidated the Reformation in England, by excommunicating Elizabeth I
(she got the Archbishop of Canterbury to excommunicate *him*!) He took up
the cause of Mary Queen of Scots, with similar success.
John Briggs
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