medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
i add my appreciation of your work to those who have already expressed theirs,
John.
most daze i'm happy enough to skip through most of the lesser known saints of
the Regno (and elsewhere), but that's only due to an increasing awareness of
my own mortality, and the entries which fall within my own parochial interest
are always given a, more or less, Close Read.
i have just assumed that all the material so painstakingly assembled over so
many years would find its collective expression in some form which could both
reach a larger audience and also serve as an invaluable reference to all those
on this list.
a book first comes to (a 20th c.) mind, but, obviously, a website would be the
ideal format.
to put it together, apply for a grant somewhere, with a largeish line item for
a research assistant to travel with you to do on-(exotic)site fact checking.
i think i know of just the guy...
c
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Received: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:58:39 PM EST
From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
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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