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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Bill East <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Phyllis Jestice <[log in to unmask]> wrote:medieval-religion: > Rita of Cascia (d. 1457) Rita was married to a rotten husband, but she got out from under his thumb when he was murdered. Her sons vowed a vendetta, but Rita prayed that they wouldn't persevere---a powerful prayer: the boys died before they could do anyone any harm. > Respondeo: > Aren't we taking her side in a rather uncritical way? Rita falls out with her husband; next thing we know, he comes to a sticky end. His sons threaten vengeance; they too sleep with the fishes. For this, Rita is made a saint? even accepting your critical reconstruction of events, OO, St. Rita can certainly be effectively invoked by those who wish the fishes to sleep in company with someone one knows a bit too well. "Patron saint of would-be fish feeders" or something of the sort. makes perfect sense. c "What about the older ones [Indians] ?" "Well, we can't seem to cure them of the idea that our Everyday Life is only an Illusion, behind which is the Reality of Dreams" --Werner Herzog's "Fitzcarraldo" http://us.imdb.com/Title?0083946 ********************************************************************** 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