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Showing posts with label Golden Legend. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Golden Legend. Show all posts
Saturday, February 3, 2024

The Apostle of the Gauls

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Gregory of Tours tells the story of the 3rd century Pope Fabian sending seven bishops to different parts of Gaul. One of them, Martial, wen...
Monday, April 3, 2023

The Prolific Caesarius

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A popular source of stories of miracles and of subjects for sermons was the body of work produced by Caesarius of Heisterbach (c.1180 - c.12...
Saturday, July 9, 2022

Saint Christopher

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The patron saint of travelers, popular with surfers and anyone making a journey. His medals are still sold all over; if you check Amazon, yo...
Saturday, January 15, 2022

The True Cross

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 The "True Cross" refers to the cross upon which Jesus of Nazareth was crucified. Although it would have been of ordinary wood, Cl...
Monday, February 17, 2014

The Golden Legend, Part 2

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A copy sold by Christies in 2002 for $688,000 About 1260, the Archbishop of Genoa, Jacobus de Voragine , wrote a collection of hagiogra...
Friday, February 14, 2014

Saint Valentine

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[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...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

The Golden Legend, Part 1

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The post about Julian the Hospitaller mentioned its source in the Legenda Aurea ["The Golden Legend"] of Jacobus de Voragine. ...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Saint Oedipus?

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St. Julian killing his parents. Oil on panel, c.1488, by Antonio della Corna Everyone knows the story of Oedipus . Not to be outdone, ea...