Saint du Jour
Feb. 27th, 2006 11:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
As this wicked, rainy day winds to a close, it is time to reflect upon the life of Saint Leander, born in Adalusia in 535, died around 596. He appears to be the younger brother of a handful of saints: Saint Florentina, Saint Isadore, Saint Fulgentius. When he became a monk, he brandished a crucifix at the elders of the monastery and threatened to beat the Holy Ghost out of them if they gave him a name remotely resembling "Fulgentius". They settled on "Leander". Leander of the Holy Fields. Okay, the previous two sentences were fibs. Lies. Whatever.
He was made Bishop of Seville in 579. Apparently this was the time when rules of Spain had names like Recared, Leovigild, and Hermengild. Suddenly, Fulgentius was a step up. Of those three rules, two were brothers and son to the third. Leovigild wasn't hip to the Catholic ways, but his sons came around. It was apparently through Leander's work that Spain became so enamored of Catholicism.
Leander was known to engage in warm and frequent correspondence with Gregory the Great. Both had gout and commiserated over their fates, as well as exchanged ideas on how they could expiate their sins with common monastery-hold products. There is some speculation on whether or not they tried to determine if having gout was like extra credit towards sin expiation. Well, at least I speculate that.
Sources are vague as to how frequently Leander visited the local barber.
You can read additional, less silly information here.
He was made Bishop of Seville in 579. Apparently this was the time when rules of Spain had names like Recared, Leovigild, and Hermengild. Suddenly, Fulgentius was a step up. Of those three rules, two were brothers and son to the third. Leovigild wasn't hip to the Catholic ways, but his sons came around. It was apparently through Leander's work that Spain became so enamored of Catholicism.
Leander was known to engage in warm and frequent correspondence with Gregory the Great. Both had gout and commiserated over their fates, as well as exchanged ideas on how they could expiate their sins with common monastery-hold products. There is some speculation on whether or not they tried to determine if having gout was like extra credit towards sin expiation. Well, at least I speculate that.
Sources are vague as to how frequently Leander visited the local barber.
You can read additional, less silly information here.