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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Today (26. August) is the feast day of: Maximilian (d. 295) There is a nearly contemporary passio account of Maximilian. He was the son of a soldier and thus legally obliged to serve---but refused, because he argued it was ungodly. Thus he was executed at age 21. Anastasius the Fuller (d. c. 304) Anastasius was martyred in Dalmatia at Salona (Split). Legend tells that he was born to a good family, but became a fuller because of St. Paul's injunction to "work with your own hands." When the Great Persecution began, he painted a cross on his door. A was soo arrested, refused to sacrifice, and was thrown into the sea with a rock tied around his neck. Fillan of Glendochart (8th cent.) Fillan (Foelan, Fulan, Phillane, Phelen) was a major Scottish saint. Legend tells that F's parents were Irish; the mother, St. Kentigerna, had cause to flee to Scotland with her children to escape intertribal fighting. F. became a monk, lived as a hermit for some years, and then was elected abbot. He has some very interesting stories: for example, F's father is supposed to have thrown his infant son into a lake---little F then stayed there a whole year, attended by angels. Herluin (d. 1078) Herluin never had a cult, but he's in the revised Butler's Lives of the Saints anyway. H. was a Norman who was a knight until he became a monk. He founded the monastery of Bec, which of course was one of the great centers of monastic learning of the central Middle Ages. Bec was, by the way, dissolved and looted at the time of the French Revolution, but was refounded in 1948. ********************************************************************** 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