medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
"Saints of the day" is a true gold mine of historical information
and aesthetic enjoyment with the many links to art, architecture
and other hagiographical images and anecdotes. It certainly enriches
my day and, by extension, that of my students in world and British
literature with whom I have been able to share new connections and
illustrations, compliments of this posting. Thank you.
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Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 3:58 PM
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Subject: [M-R] saints of the day
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear All,
The 'saints of the day' feature, originally entitled 'FEAST', is a venerable
tradition of this list. I took it over from Phyllis Jestice in July 2006
when after several weeks no one else had volunteered to do so. My intent
then was to provide brief notices for only about three years and, as these
seemed hitherto often to have been omitted from such postings, to pay
special attention to saints of the former mostly mainland kingdom of Sicily
(commonly but never officially known as the Kingdom of Naples), in Italian
contexts often referred to simply as the Regno.
Those three years and more have now passed. As my expressed hope that
others would also contribute notices has seldom been realized, I have
increasingly included saints initially passed over in what had been a failed
attempt to elicit contributions from their outraged or disappointed devotees
or partisans. In my choices I hope I have been mindful of geographic,
linguistic, and political diversity, though saints of some areas have
certainly been underrepresented (this is especially true for eastern Europe
and the Middle East, many of whose saints are absent from the Roman
Martyrology). I have sought as well to bring to the list's attention places
off the beaten track for most medievalists (if not altogether off their
radar). But a fresh view and a different set of experiences and biases
would be helpful.
With that in mind, I am announcing that calendar year 2010 will be my last
as a regular contributor of 'saints of the day' notices. I intend to use
this year chiefly to correct some of the numerous typos and other
infelicities committed during the daily (usually end-of-the-day) rush to get
the posting done as well as to provide notices of some saints whose absence
from these selective postings over the last few years has been a source of
personal regret.
Best,
John Dillon
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