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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Sorry, that was a typo--we celebrate the transitus on 21 March. Bro Thomas -----Original Message----- From: Marjorie Greene [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 4:28 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 21. March medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > Just to let you know, however, that we at > Conception, and all the houses of > our congregation and our Order and probably the > Cistercians, celebrate both > feasts, that of his transitus or passover on 25 Was this a "typo" or do you celebrate the feast on the 25th? MG > March(fitting for Lent!) and > the translation of his relics in July. We can > celebrate both as a solemnity > or either as a solemnity and the other a feast. We > celebrate both as a > solemnity. > > The conjunction of three major solemnities, that of > St Joseph, St Benedict, > and the Annunciation does get to be a bit > much--especially if you are a bell > ringer! and with all the first and second Vespers, > the Lenten observance > does get pushed to the side. > > Thomas Sullivan, OSB > > -----Original Message----- > From: John B. Wickstrom [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 11:31 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 21. March > > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval > religion and culture > > Sadly, the feast of Benedict, celebrated for so many > centuries in so many > places on this date, is no longer commemorated on > this day in the Latin > Church. After Vatican II, the reformers of the > calendar, heedless of very > ancient traditions, moved this feast, like so many > others, out of the last > weeks of Lent. Benedict now languishes on July 11, > the traditional date of > the theft from Monte Cassino of his relics by the > monks of Fleury in the 7th > century, given the high sounding title of > "translatio s. Benedicti". > jw >:( > > John B. Wickstrom > Kalamazoo College > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf > Of Phyllis Jestice > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 10:57 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [M-R] saints of the day 21. March > > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval > religion and culture > > Today (21. March) is the feast day of: > > Serapion of Thmuis (d. c. 365) Serapion was a > disciple and companion of > Antony the Great and a friend of Athanasios. In 339 > he became bishop of > Thmuis in lower Egypt. In office, he was a vigorous > opponent of Arianism, > and defended Athanasios before the Council of > Sardika (343) on this issue. > Serapion was a well-educated writer, with the > nickname "scholasticus." > > Lupicinus (d. c. 480) After his wife died, > Lupicinus followed his brother > Romanus to become a hermit in the Jura (France). > The pair attracted > numerous disciples, and ended up creating a monastic > community, the later > monastery of Condat (St-Claude). Lupicinus also > founded the monastery of > St-Lupicin and the convent of La Beaume. > > Enda of Aran (d. c. 530) Enda was the father of > the great monastic > expansion in Ireland. After a first "career" as a > warrior, Enda became a > monk. He went for training to St. Ninian's > monastery of Candida Casa in > Scotland. On his return to Ireland, Enda founded > monasteries in the Boyne > valley. He finally settled at Inishmore, the > largest of the Aran Islands. > This monastery, according to tradition, was the > first large monastery in > Ireland. It became a nursery of the early saints of > Ireland, and Enda's > many disciples are said to have included Ciarán of > Clonmacnoise. Enda's > rule for monks was very strict and even included > manual labor (unusual for > Irish monks); according to later tradition, he > insisted on weeding with his > own hands and digging ditches without tools, and > forced his monks to do the > same. > > Benedict of Nursia (d. c. 547) "The father of > western monasticism," > Benedict was born in Nursia in c. 480 to a > prosperous family. He studied > in Rome, but soon left the city and joined a > community of hermits in the > Sabine hills. Then he lived for three years in a > cave near Subiaco. A > nearby community of hermits made him their leader, > but refused his efforts > to reform the community and tried to poison him; > Benedict went back to > Subiaco. There he developed his own monastic > community, moving in c. 529 > to Monte Cassino. His Rule for Monks of course > eventually swept Europe, > thanks especially to the support given it by the > Carolingians. > > Dr. Phyllis G. 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