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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Jim Bugslag <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Some modern saints: Nicephorus Tejerina and companions (blessed) (d. >> 1936) This group was the superior and brethren of the Passionist >> community near Ciudad Real in Spain. The community was raided during >> the Spanish Civil War; Nicephorus and 25 others were taken away in >> groups and shot at various times and places in the nearby region. >> They were beatified in 1989. > >By the Republicans, I assume. They were also rather rabidly iconoclastic. In the >summer of 1936 in the diocese of Valencia alone, something like 6000 religious >statues (many of them medieval) were taken from their churches and destroyed. Ummmm.... <grin> I assume you mean they were _shot_ by the Republicans, not beatified by the Republicans! ____________________________________________________________ 0 Chris Laning | <[log in to unmask]> + Davis, California ____________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************** 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