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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 18:04:50 -0700 Phyllis wrote: >Today (10. July) is the feast day of: >10,000 Martyrs of Mt. Ararat (d. c. 120???) This is apparently a >twelfth-century legend, widely popularized in the fifteenth century. Er, I'm away from my books just now, but the legend in some form must be earlier than the twelfth century. I encountered a version of it recently whilst working on a paper dealing with Latin prosimetric texts from central and southern Italy of the ninth through eleventh centuries. Best, John Dillon ********************************************************************** 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