From before Prudentius’ Peristephanon to beyond Keats’ “The Eve of St. Agnes,” holy martyr Saint Agnes has redeemed the male gaze & promoted Christian love. … Read the post Prudentius’s crown: Saint Agnes redeemed the male gaze on every Eve
Guillaume Du Fay wrote O sante Sebastiane in response to plague in Bologna. Against fear, his motet subtly embraces Christian martyrdom, even by plague. … Read the post martyrdom & fear of plague in Guillaume Du Fay’s O sancte Sebastiane
Sedulius Scottus and other medieval Christians prayed to God against the plague and asked Saints Sebastian & Roch for assistance. You should pray similarly. … Read the post Contra plagam & other medieval prayers against plague
Notker’s ninth-century sequence In natale sanctorum feminarum, and much other medieval literature, show that women dominate Christian literary history. … Read the post women dominant gender in Christian literary history
In the lives of saints Ioustina (Justina) and Kyprianos (Cyprian), a forgotten man’s sexual deprivation and suffering offers lessons today for men in love. … Read the post life of saints chronicled man’s sexual deprivation and suffering