On Fri, 13 Feb 1998, CA. Muessig wrote:
> * Julian the Hospitaller (no date)
> - after accidentally killing his mother and father, he made
> penance by constructing (with his wife) a hospital; popular
> cult in the Low Countries and northern France
St. Julian pops up a lot in medieval lit--Chaucer, Gawain-poet, et. al.
He accidentally kills his mother and father due to mistaken identity, but
does anyone know the details of this event?
Clint
Clinton Atchley
University of Washington
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