HagiographerJune 03: the Feast of Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lwanga_and_Companions
June 02: the Feast of Saint Marcellinus and Peter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcellinus_and_Peter
June 01: the Feast of Saint Justin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin
May 27: the Feast of Saint Augustine of Canterbury
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Canterbury
May 26: the Feast of Saint Philip Neri
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Neri
May 25: the Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Magdalene_de_Pazzi
May 25: the Feast of Saint Gregory VII
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_VII
May 25: the Feast of Saint Bede the Venerable
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede_the_Venerable
May 22: the Feast of Saint Rita of Cascia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_of_Cascia
Kent Navalesi ☕️I guess I should officially announce that my book on the prose hagiography of Venantius Fortunatus (530-609) is coming out this summer:
So grateful for the mentors and colleagues who gave these chapters a look over the years.
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The Prose Lives of Venantius Fortunatus: Hagiography and the Laity in Sixth-Century Gaul
This book analyzes the prose hagiographies written by the poet Venantius Fortunatus (c.530-c.600/609CE) to ascertain how they were used in the pastoral care of the Christian laity in sixth-century Gaul, particularly through their recitation in the mass. Applying methods from semiotics, narratology, and philology to recover the multi-faceted moral and spiritual teachings that would have emerged from their interpretation in this original, lost oral context, the book demonstrates that Fortunatus