Pioneering, 12th-century proto-beguine Odilia of Liège on her wedding night threatened to castrate her husband. They then had 6 years of sexless marriage. … Read the post wife’s wedding-night threat led to six years of sexless marriage
The medieval dog Saint Guinefort saved a baby, yet was wrongly punished. Guinefort was a male with lived experience that men today know well. … Read the post faithful, baby-saving dog Saint Guinefort was male
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