Monthly Archives: March 2020

For this assignment, I have chosen St. Agnes, not only because I am most familiar with the story of her martyrdom, but also because her canonization and thus widespread veneration. Though Agnes does not have a cult in the same manner that many other saints do, she has still inspired many artist to immortalize herContinue reading “Research Assignment 4.0: A Sheepish History of Saintly Representation”

Now, having mapped out a few different key points to search for in the databases, I will create a bibliography of secondary sources to compile the 10-15 most relevant academic texts on the history and sanctity of the l’Église de Sainte-Croix. Because I am focusing on what may have attracted pilgrims to this site inContinue reading “Research Assignment 3.2: A Bibliography of Secondary Sources”

After reviewing the Liber Sancti Iacobi, I decided to focus on the Church of the Sacred Cross in Orléans, also known as l’Église Sainte-Croix in French. The church is noted in the text for hosting the True Cross and the chalice of St. Evortus, a bishop and confessor, though the church does not contain his remains.Continue reading “Research Assignment 3.1: A Cult Site on the Camino de Santiago”

Finding a Translation: Through Helen and High Water For my next research assignment, I was given the task of researching and locating the translatio of a saint not directly discussed in class. After reading through the indexes of both Geary’s Furta Sacra and Bartlett’s Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?, I landed onContinue reading “Research Assignment 2.1”