medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
So it was Farmer's slip (or perhaps something he inherited and passed on because he too couldn't verify everything). In any event, it was said with such declarative force that I suspected (until John B. finally showed otherwise) that, however improbable it seemed, there _could_ be something to it. I regret any discomfort caused by my giving you an extended benefit of the doubt. Best, John Dillon
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From: John Wickstrom <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, September 7, 2004 7:13 pm
Subject: Re: saints of the day 3. September
> Well, it's not untypical of this list that my small,
> grammaticall,y and as
> it turned out historically, suspect ("whence" Gregory's "translation")
> postings slowly loosened an avalanche of learning and opinion on
> germanicgrammar and translation studies. I learned a good deal as
> usual. As is often
> the unfortunate case with historians, I relied on a secondary
> source for my
> assertion that the Sept 3rd feast of Gregory celebrated his
> translation(David Farmer, Oxford Dictionary of Saints, 1988, p.
> 191) but you can't go
> to the archives for everything. Academia sometimes seems like
> being in the
> army. You sign up for the perks but there's always the risk of
> getting shot
> at.
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