medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (12. July) is the feast day of:
Veronica (1st cent.?) The earliest version of the Veronica legend
appears in the Acts of Pilate (4th/5th cent.). This version tells
that "Veronica" (True Image) was the woman cured of the flow of blood
by Jesus. Or perhaps she was the wife of Zacchaeus. Or a Syrian
princess. Etc. At any rate, legend tells that she wiped Jesus' face
with her veil, and his image was miraculously imprinted on it.
Veronica's veil appears in lists of Roman relics in the thirteenth
century. When Rome was sacked in 1527, a story tells that some
Lutheran soldiers auctioned off the veil and it disappeared, only to
be rediscovered in the seventeenth century.
John the Iberian (d. c. 1002) This Iberia = Georgia, east of the
Black Sea. John was a noble of the region who gave up his military
career and family in middle ages to become a monk. In c. 970 he and
his son took up residence on Mt. Athos. They ended up creating a
monastery there for Iberian monks, called Iviron.
John Gualbert (d. 1073) This John was a Florentine who became a monk
as an adult, only to be repelled by the behavior of a simonist abbot.
So J. set out on his own and founded his own monastery at Vallombrosa
(about 20 miles east of Florence). He became a champion of the
anti-simony movement. J. was canonized in 1193.
Leo of La Cava (blessed) (d. 1295) Leo became a monk at La Cava dei
Tirreni (near Salerno) at a very young age, and was elected abbot in
1268 (at the age of 29). He was a reformer, built a new church and
cloister, and developed the scriptorium.
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