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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture David Woods' site may help: http://www.ucc.ie/milmart/ Specifically, http://www.ucc.ie/milmart/Christopher.html Cheers - Bill White On 8/15/07, SHERRY L REAMES <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Dear colleagues, > > Here's a question which I'm sure one or more of you can answer much more expertly than I can. Sources on the Dog-headed St. Christopher, anybody? > > with high hopes and thanks in advance, > Sherry Reames (English Dept., University of Wisconsin-Madison) > > > > > ********************************************************************** > 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 > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Stephen Asma <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:28:52 -0500 > Subject: Question regarding St. Christopher > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Dear Sherry Reames, > > I came across your site and thought I'd see if you could help direct me to > some information. I have read that the Eastern Church depicted St. > Christopher as a "cynocephalus" -- a dog-headed man (the fantastic story of > their existence goes back to the ancient Greeks). I can't find any reliable > information on this. Can you help me? > > Thanks for your time, > Stephen > > -- > > > Stephen T. Asma, PhD > Philosophy > Department of Liberal Education > Columbia College > 600 S. Michigan Ave. > Chicago, IL 60605 > > (312) 344-7583 > > > > "zai xiang du li ke cheng chuan" > --Chinese proverb > > ********************************************************************** > 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 > > -- Bill White . [log in to unmask] . http://minutiae.stblogs.org ********************************************************************** 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