medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: "Cormack, Margaret Jean" <[log in to unmask]>
> Appropriate that this arrived today (but feast day April 19?) when I have a
deadline!
> How far back can veneration of this saint actually be traced, in written or
artistic sources?
not to fear re your "deadline," Meg --this guy is actually the Patron of all
Procrastinators.
the middlevils, in typical fashion, got the whole thing backasswards.
> From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious
culture on behalf of Paul Chandler
> 19 April was the feast of Saint Expeditus, who is invoked against
procrastination. I meant to mention this last month.
see?
the Saint's Efficacies are at work continuously (without even the need of
evocation), at least until you really need them --in which case there might be
some delay.
>... The most popular legend surrounding the saint says that the day when he
decided to become a Christian, the Devil took the form of a crow (a snake in
some versions of the legend) and told him to defer his conversion until the
next day, but Expeditus stamped on the bird and killed it, declaring, "I'll be
a Christian today!"
anything to Deceive the Great Deceiver.
>Many stories commonly circulated about the saint's origin say the cultus of
Expeditus began when a package marked expedite arrived
in the 4th or 12th c. (there is some dispute about date --some scholars insist
that it *must* be the later).
>with unidentified relics or statues. The recipients assumed that the statuary
or relics belonged to a Saint Expeditus, and so veneration began. One of these
stories is set in 1781,
a quite Miraculous delay of either 13 or 6 centuries, depending upon which
date for him one accepts.
> Expeditus is usually depicted stomping on a crow that is crying "cras",
while he holds a cross inscribed "hodie":
that was, originally, "non hodie" --the words of the Man of God being
balderized by a pious (but overly hasty and careless) early hagiographer.
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expeditus!@#?
"Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name."
"Other reasons this message may be displayed:
"If a page was recently created here, it may not yet be visible because of a
delay in updating the database;
"a delay"
right.
>
<http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/CLI/17413~Heilige-Expeditus-Posters.jpg>
"The page cannot be found"
"The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed,
or is temporarily unavailable."
"temporarily" being the Operative Word, here we have yet another miracle --and
one that anyone with access to The Innernets can readily martyr themselfs
with. (if they do so immediately.)
c
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