medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (20. September) is the feast day of:
Methodius of Olympus (d. 311) Jerome tells that Methodius was a
bishop, serving first at Olympus (Lycia) and then Tyre. He was
martyred late in the Great Persecution. But, to confuse matters,
Jerome's account disagrees with other sources. M. was an important
author; his works include a dialogue *On the Resurrection*, written
in refutation of Origen, and a treatise on free will against the
Valentinians. He also wrote an imitation of Plato's *Symposium*,
with ten virgins sitting together talking. Hmm. Sure, sounds
interesting.
Thomas Johnson (blessed) (d. 1534) T. Johnson was a Carthusian
priest of the London charterhouse, and thus one of the first martyrs
of Henry VIII's separation from Rome. Johnson was one of the
Carthusians left to starve slowly in the Marshalsea prison.
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