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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Today (6. August) is the feast day of: Justus and Pastor (d. c. 304) J and P were brothers, 13 and 9 years old. They were flogged and then beheaded at Alcala, Spain during Diocletian's persecution. Hormisdas (d. 523) Hormidas became pope in 514. The great success of his reign was ending the Acacian schism. It's interesting to note that his son Silverius became pope in 536. Stephen of Cardena and Companions (d. c. 872) Stephen is *supposed* to have been abbot of Cardena, near Burgos (Spain), foully massacred with his full community of 200 monks by Muslim raiders. The earliest evidence of their existence is an inscription of the thirteenth century. Gezzelin (d. 1138) Gezzelin (aka Joscelin) was a hermit at Schlebusch near Cologne. He worked as a builder for the Cistercian monastery of Himmerod. His asceticism included never sleeping under a roof. Dr. Phyllis Jestice __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html