Daily Medieval

St. Patrick had sisters. One of them was discussed yesterday, Derarca , called the "mother of saints" because she had so many chil...

We've covered bees and beekeeping a few times over the years, and honey has had its own entry, but I don't think we've mentio...

The legend of St. Valentine from the Golden Legend  (compiled c.1260) was shared here long ago, but what were the facts as we know them, an...

[We pause in our discussion of The Golden Legend to share an entry from it.] Here beginneth the Life of Saint Valentine, and first t...