medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Today (26. April) is the feast day of:
Richarius (Riquier) (d. c. 645) Richarius was born at Celles in
northern France. He protected two Irish missionaries, who ended up
converting him. R. then went on to become a priest and started his
own missionary work, getting so famous that King Dagobert I visited
him. He is credited with founding the monastery of Celles, but more
likely he only established a church, around which the abbey grew
later. R. ended his life as a hermit.
Paschasius Radbertus (d. 865) Radbertus was a foundling, taken in by
the nuns of Soissons. He became a monk at Corbie, in 822 helping to
found the daughter house of Corvey. PR had a reputation as one of
the greatest religious authors of his age. He ventured into
theology, among other work producting the first doctrinal treatise on
the Real Presence of Christ in the eucharist.
Stephen of Perm (d. 1396) Stephen was born in Velikiy Ustyug (about
500 mi. NE of Moscow). The area was still for the most part
non-Christian, although his own family was both Russian and
Christian. S. became a monk at Rostov. He became an authority on
Greek theology, and also learned the Zyryani language (of his native
region) so he could evangelize them. S. created an alphabet so that
scriptures and liturgy could be translated. He was successful as a
missionary, and also as an icon painter. In 1383 S. became first
bishop of Perm, training a native clergy and establishing churches
and schools. The Russian Church canonized S. in 1549.
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Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
Associate Professor & Chair
History Department
University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Dr. #5047
Hattiesburg, MS 39406
(601) 266-5844
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