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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dear Steve, take a look at the following ,which I found quite useful for the sort of topic you raise here, J. Dalarun, 'La mort des saints fondateurs: de Martin à François' in Jean-Yves Tilliette ed. Les fonctions des saints dans le monde occidental (IIIe-XIIIe siècle) (Rome: École française de Rome, 1991). (around p 200) -----Original Message----- From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brunner Karl Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 3:12 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [M-R] Death Scenes of Saints? medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Isn't one of the most famous (and exemplary) the death of St. Benedict, cf. Gregory the Great, Dialogi 2 c. 37 (cf. the death of vishop Germanus ibid. c. 35 too)?! yours b.k. Vienna Am 17. Mär.2007 um 19:55 Uhr schrieb McMichael, Steven J.: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > > Greetings to all, > > I am looking at the death scene of Francis of Assisi by which he > dies the > "good death" of the Christian saint. Bonaventure uses themes a > ascension, > resurrection, and the glorification of his body in the passage from > death to > new life in his Major Life of Francis. > > Please excuse my ignorance of other saint lives in the middle ages > besides > that of Francis of Assisi! > > I have a few questions that I need help with: > > Are there other saints in the middle ages contain very elaborate death > scenes like we find in the Legenda Maior of Bonaventure? > > Do any accounts of other saints have "ascension scenes" in which > the saint > is seen by people being raised up to heaven? > > Do any hagiographical texts speak of the affects of Christ's > resurrection on > the post-mortem body of the saint before entombment? > > Thanks for any help you can give me! > > Steve > > Steven J. McMichael, OFM Conv. > Theology Department > University of Saint Thomas > Saint Paul, MN > > ********************************************************************** > 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 > ********************************************************************** 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.12/724 - Release Date: 3/16/2007 12:12 PM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.12/724 - Release Date: 3/16/2007 12:12 PM ********************************************************************** 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