medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Cormack, Margaret Jean wrote:
>
> Dear Learned Ones,
> My friend has now given me a much more precise description of his
> problem, see below.
> An additional question: I presume there is not, actually, any saint
> called "Spons"?
> Any elucidation that anyone can supply will be greatly appreciated!
I'd say that it was not a pun, but a simple mistake - 'Bryde' got translated
as "sponsa". Someone thought it was "Holy Bride". A second mistake
resulted in the 'a' being dropped, and it being turned back into a saint's
name: St Spons.
John Briggs
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