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Re: Translation Anyone? (fwd)
Poster: clevin@ripco.com (Craig Levin)
> Poster: teresa marie nava-vaughn <tmn@wam.umd.edu>
>
> > E Thelesphori
> > E Thelesphori
> > (I am not sure about this one: it looks as if it is paralleling some
> > of the old Greek feasts which is possible in a manuscript this late.)
>
> I'm guessing this might be Thecla of Iconium, not to be confused with the
> Welsh Thecla. Her feast day is the 23 of Sept. in the West, 24th in the
> East.
IIRC, this was for January.
> > C Cyri martiris
> > C [Feast] of Cyrus martyr
>
> Someone questioned whether this might be Cyril. Neither Cyril of
> Alexandria nor Cyril of Jerusalem was classified as a martyr. Both would
> have their bishop status recorded as "epi" in suh a manuscript. Cyricus,
> also known as St. Cyr, St. Cyrus, and St. Cyres, was a martyr (as was his
> mother Julietta) whose feast day is the 16th of June.
Again, why place this saint in January?
On the other hand, I must doff my cap to you and the others who
have corrected my poor work of translation-ars longa, vita
brevis!
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Craig Levin
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