tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post3372240802236112247..comments2024-02-18T06:21:45.375-06:00Comments on ~<i>The Three Prayers</i>: 52 Saints ~ Week 12 ~ St. Minias Janet Cupohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037555111680888247noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-2421874098256701642016-03-23T14:18:24.302-05:002016-03-23T14:18:24.302-05:00I think many people go to Florence and never see S...I think many people go to Florence and never see San Miniato because it is a little out of the way. I probably would not have seen it either, because I didn't know much about it, if my travelling companion had not been such an inveterate walker and urged me to take a long afternoon's stroll away from the city centre. If I ever get back to Florence I hope to visit the church again.Craighttp://cburrell.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-2860774668853985092016-03-21T22:43:06.918-05:002016-03-21T22:43:06.918-05:00Craig, I'm so happy to know you have been ther...Craig, I'm so happy to know you have been there, and I'm glad you enjoyed the post. I was really touched by your post when I read it. Recently I read something by another (Orthodox) author about how the gift of healing seems to go hand in hand with humility more than anything else, and although I couldn't remember his name, I thought of the saint you wrote about. Re. San Miniato-the church-I think many people fall in love with it without knowing anything about it. It's one of those places that brings the term "thin place" to mind.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03592157819188364751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-19520816578721461562016-03-21T22:34:54.486-05:002016-03-21T22:34:54.486-05:00They have the same effect on me, Janet! I got kind...They have the same effect on me, Janet! I got kind of homesick writing this. (When I lived in Croatia, Florence was very much like home, since I couldn't easily get home to the States.) I would love to organize a trip sometime that would include visiting these places.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03592157819188364751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-39278357756970107312016-03-21T22:32:18.880-05:002016-03-21T22:32:18.880-05:00Thank you, Mac. I certainly learned a lot beyond w...Thank you, Mac. I certainly learned a lot beyond what I had learned earlier. And I agree about "cephalophoric." I wonder if I'll ever have another opportunity to use that one!Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03592157819188364751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-44778002793443156512016-03-21T15:41:58.470-05:002016-03-21T15:41:58.470-05:00It's a good companion piece to yours.
AMDGIt's a good companion piece to yours.<br /><br />AMDGJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069018443486415173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-79088788881622267012016-03-21T15:29:10.259-05:002016-03-21T15:29:10.259-05:00I visited this church about ten years ago when I w...I visited this church about ten years ago when I was in Florence. It was a lovely afternoon's walk south of the Arno and up the hill. I loved it at the time, and have thought about it often, but I didn't know anything about St. Minias or the history of the church. This was an excellent post. Thanks so much.Craighttp://cburrell.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-45107435026452830222016-03-21T13:17:20.312-05:002016-03-21T13:17:20.312-05:00The problem with Sheila's (excellent) posts is...The problem with Sheila's (excellent) posts is that they don't just make me read things, they make me want to go places.<br /><br />AMDGJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069018443486415173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-88715298166756285712016-03-21T12:18:48.067-05:002016-03-21T12:18:48.067-05:00It's easy to be dismissive of astrology, but i...It's easy to be dismissive of astrology, but it was so important to so many people for so long that any serious student of history or culture has at least to take a second-order interest in it.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-5299321646745504542016-03-21T12:16:05.562-05:002016-03-21T12:16:05.562-05:00One of the reasons I'm so delighted to have se...One of the reasons I'm so delighted to have seen a reference to it is that I always secretly suspect that nobody real ever actually reads over-priced academic books like that. It's nice to know my work might not have been wasted (although I was paid for it, which is the main things, so anything beyond that is bonus).Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-20034426127788015032016-03-20T22:44:18.504-05:002016-03-20T22:44:18.504-05:00"Yes it does" sound interesting--the Get..."Yes it does" sound interesting--the Gettings book--I was replying to Paul. Very interesting post, Sheila, thank you.Machttp://www.lightondarkwater.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-50982595043547230182016-03-20T22:42:22.426-05:002016-03-20T22:42:22.426-05:00Yes, it does. I once had a more than casual intere...Yes, it does. I once had a more than casual interest in astrology.<br /><br />I was at first surprised that there is a book about disembodied heads in medieval and early modern culture. But I guess I shouldn't be.<br /><br />"cephalophoric" is a pretty cool word.<br /><br />I'm not sure, but I think Joachim of Fiore may be the person whose ideas were said by Phillip Hughes, in his history of the Church, to have been found by ecclesiastical authority, maybe the pope, to be "not so much heretical as insane."Machttp://www.lightondarkwater.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-91684234164837870222016-03-20T22:34:28.820-05:002016-03-20T22:34:28.820-05:00What a fascinating coincidence! I certainly didn&#...What a fascinating coincidence! I certainly didn't expect to see such a comment here! For the record, i don't have the book. I found it via GoogleBooks. (And when I saw the price of that book, as well as the Benjamin Brand, I was very thankful to have access via Google.) I just love finding this little connection! Professor Gettings might have said it was in the stars....Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03592157819188364751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-75802527642409740062016-03-20T13:18:23.265-05:002016-03-20T13:18:23.265-05:00Ha, I revised the English of several of the pieces...Ha, I revised the English of several of the pieces in the Santing, Baert and Traninger book! (<a href="https://books.google.be/books?id=ofGBAAAAQBAJ&lpg=PR7&vq=Paul&hl=nl&pg=PR7" rel="nofollow">Link here</a>) Never expected to see anything I'd worked on turn up here!<br /><br />I'm going to have to get hold of the Fred Gettings. That does look interesting.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-29606008138772673152016-03-20T08:22:04.965-05:002016-03-20T08:22:04.965-05:00There are some nice pictures of the church here: h...There are some nice pictures of the church here: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2013/10/the-church-of-san-miniato-al-monte-in.html#.Vu6jefkrJ1tJanet Cupohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037555111680888247noreply@blogger.com