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December 13 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics)
December 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), December 12 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), December 14 All fixed Synaxarium, commemorations below celebrated on December 26 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Julian Calendar, Old Calendar. For December 13th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), November 30. Saints * Martyrs Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius, and Orestes of Cappadocia, Orestes, at Sivas, Sebaste (284-305)December 13/26 Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). * Venerable Ares, monk in the Egyptian desert. * Venerable Arsenius the Ascetic of Beşparmak Mountains, Mt. Latros (c. 8th-10th century) Pre-Schism Western saints * Martyr Antiochus of Sulcis ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byzantine Navy
The Byzantine navy was the naval force of the East Roman or Byzantine Empire. Like the empire it served, it was a direct continuation from its Imperial Roman predecessor, but played a far greater role in the defence and survival of the state than its earlier iteration. While the fleets of the unified Roman Empire faced few great naval threats, operating as a policing force vastly inferior in power and prestige to the legions, the sea became vital to the very existence of the Byzantine state, which several historians have called a "maritime empire". The first threat to Roman hegemony in the Mediterranean was posed by the Vandals in the 5th century, but their threat was ended by the wars of Justinian I in the 6th century. The re-establishment of a permanently maintained fleet and the introduction of the dromon galley in the same period also marks the point when the Byzantine navy began departing from its late Roman roots and developing its own characteristic identity. This p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minster-in-Thanet
Minster, also known as Minster-in-Thanet, is a village and civil parish in the Thanet District of Kent, England. It is the site of Minster in Thanet Priory. The village is west of Ramsgate (which is the post town) and to the north east of Canterbury; it lies just south west of Kent International Airport and just north of the River Stour. Minster is also the "ancient capital of Thanet".Minster-In-Thanet ; retrieved on 22 May 2008 At the 2011 Census the hamlet of Ebbsfleet was included. Toponymy The name ultimately comes from the ''monasterium'', denoting t ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mildthryth
Saint Mildrith, also Mildthryth, Mildryth and Mildred, ( ang, Mildþrȳð) (born c. 660, died after 732), was a 7th and 8th-century Anglo-Saxon abbess of the Abbey at Minster-in-Thanet, Kent. She was declared a saint after her death, and later her remains were moved to Canterbury. Life and family Mildrith was the daughter of King Merewalh of Magonsaete, an area similar to the present day Herefordshire, a sub-kingdom of Mercia. Her mother was Domne Eafe (also sometimes named as Saint Eormenburga), herself a great-granddaughter of Æthelberht of Kent, and as such appearing in the so-called Kentish Royal Legend. Her sisters Milburga of Much Wenlock and Mildgyth were also considered saints, and Mildrith, along with her extended family, features in the Kentish Royal Legend, also known as the "Mildrith Legend". In the 11th century, Goscelin wrote a hagiography of Mildrith, the ''Vita Mildrethae''.Rollason (1982) p. 16 Another work, the ''Nova Legenda Anglie'' of 1516, gives an ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edburga Of Minster-in-Thanet
Saint Edburga of Minster-in-Thanet (also known as Eadburh and Bugga) was a princess of Wessex, and abbess of Minster-in-Thanet. She is regarded as a saint. Life Edburga was the only daughter of King Centwine and Queen Engyth of Wessex. According to Stephen of Ripon, Engyth was a sister of Queen Iurminburh, second wife of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria. Centwine was not a Christian, but towards the end of his reign, converted and became a monk. Edburga was a friend and student of Saint Mildrith, abbess of Minster-in-Thanet."Edburga (Eadburh, Bugga) of Minster", ''The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (5 rev) (David Farmer, ed.) OUP, 2011 She was reputed to be zealous in the pursuit of knowledge. In 716, Edburga bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niedermünster, Regensburg
The Niedermünster or Niedermünster Abbey (german: Reichsstift Niedermünster), Regensburg, was a house of canonesses (Frauenstift) in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany. At the height of its power it was one of the wealthiest and most influential in Bavaria. The church is still in use as the parish church of Regensburg Cathedral. History This women's religious community, dedicated to Saint Erhard of Regensburg at its founding and later to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary as well, was recorded for the first time in about 889. However, the first church, if the traditional foundation by the seventh-century Saint Erhard is credited, would have already existed by about 700, and a religious community had been founded by 788 by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria. The foundation tradition also credits Saint Erhard with the foundation of a nunnery here. It is not clear in fact whether at first the community was for men or for women, but it soon developed into one of the most important women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mont Sainte-Odile Abbey
Mont Sainte-Odile Abbey, also known as Hohenburg Abbey, is a nunnery, situated on Mont Sainte-Odile, one of the most famous peaks of the Vosges mountain range in the French region of Alsace. History It was founded about 690 by Adalrich, Duke of Alsace for his daughter, Odile, who was its first abbess. On the eastern slope of the Mont Sainte-Odile she built a hospice called Niedermünster or Nieder-Hohenburg, which afterwards became a house for ladies of nobility until it was destroyed by lightning in 1572. Originally Hohenburg seems to have been occupied by Benedictine nuns who were replaced by canonesses in the 11th century. Devastated by fire several times, the abbey church was rebuilt in 1050 and consecrated by Pope Leo IX. When in the first half of the 12th century the monastery began to decline, its discipline was restored by Abbess Relindis of Bergen near Neuburg an der Donau, who became abbess of Hohenburg in about 1140. During her rule Hohenburg became famous for its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odile Of Alsace
Odile of Alsace, also known as Odilia and Ottilia, born c. 662 - c. 720 at Mont Sainte-Odile), is a saint venerated in the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is a patroness saint of good eyesight and of the region of Alsace. Biography Odile was the daughter of Etichon (also known as Athich, Adalrich or Aldaric), Duke of Alsace and founder of the Etichonid noble family. According to the 9th century "Life of Odilia", she was born blind. Her father did not want her because she was a girl and handicapped, so her mother Bethswinda had her brought to Palma (perhaps present day Baume-les-Dames in Burgundy), where she was raised by peasants there. A tenth-century legend relates that when she was twelve, Odile was taken into a nearby monastery. Whilst there, the itinerant bishop Erhard of Regensburg was led, by an angel it was said, to Palma where he baptised her Odile (Sol Dei), whereupon she miraculously recovered her sight. Her younger brother Hughes had her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbey Of St
An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns. The concept of the abbey has developed over many centuries from the early monastic ways of religious men and women where they would live isolated from the lay community about them. Religious life in an abbey may be monastic. An abbey may be the home of an enclosed religious order or may be open to visitors. The layout of the church and associated buildings of an abbey often follows a set plan determined by the founding religious order. Abbeys are often self-sufficient while using any abundance of produce or skill to provide care to the poor and needy, refuge to the persecuted, or education to the young. Some abbeys offer accommodation to people who are seeking spiritual retreat. There are many famous abbeys across the Mediterranean Basin and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Josse
Saint-Josse (), or Saint-Josse-sur-Mer (literally ''Saint-Josse on Sea''), is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Saint-Josse is located 4 miles (6 km) west of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D144 road. Before the 8th century, the sea came right up to the village, but it is nowadays 4 miles (6 km) to the west. Population History In a place called Sidraga or Schaderias, Josse, a 7th-century Breton prince, the son of King Juthaêl, arrived in northern France and sought the protection of Haymon, Count of Ponthieu, to live as a hermit and renounce the crown of Brittany. A small monastery was built in the 8th century at the place where Josse died. In 903, some monks, fleeing the Norman invasion took refuge in England. On their return, the abbey became a centre of pilgrimage, especially popular with the Germans in the 14th and 15th centuries. The abbey was closed in 1772, sold and then destroyed in 1789, leaving no tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judoc
Saint Judoc, otherwise known as Jodoc, Joyce or Josse ( la, Iudocus; traditionally 600 – 668 AD)Alban Butler, (Michael Walsh, ed.) ''Butler's Lives of the Saints'' (1991) ''s.v.'' "December 13: St Judoc, or Josse (AD 688)". was a seventh-century Breton noble. Though he was never officially canonized, Saint Judoc is considered to be a saint. Judoc was a son of Juthael, King of Brittany. He renounced his wealth and position to become a priest and lived alone for the rest of his lifetime in the coastal forest near the mouth of the River Canche. Etymology The name Judoc, meaning "Lord", is the 14th century Breton version of ''Iudocus'' in Latin, ''Josse'' in French, ''Jost,'' ''Joost,'' or ''Joos'' in Dutch, and ''Joyce'' in English. The name Judoc was rarely used after the 14th century except in the Netherlands. Biography According to tradition, Judoc was the son of Juthael, King of Brittany, and the brother of Saint Judicael and Saint Winnoc. In approximately 636, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lough Derg (Shannon)
Lough Derg, historically Lough Dergart ( ga, Loch Deirgeirt), is a freshwater lake in the Shannon River Basin, Ireland. It is the third-biggest on the island of Ireland (after Lough Neagh and Lough Corrib). It is a long, narrow lake, with shores in counties Clare (south-west), Galway (north-west), and Tipperary (to the east). It is the southernmost of three large lakes on the River Shannon; the others being Lough Ree and Lough Allen. Towns and villages on Lough Derg include Portumna, Killaloe & Ballina, Dromineer, Terryglass, Mountshannon and Garrykennedy. The lake's name evolved from the Irish ''Loch Deirgdheirc''. This was one of the names of The Dagda, an Irish god, and literally means "red eye". Geography At its deepest, the lake is 36 metres deep and covers an area of 130 km2 (50.2 sq miles). Close downstream from where Lough Derg empties into the Shannon are the falls of Doonass, the largest fall on the otherwise gently sloping river. Nearby is the location ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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