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Started by Admiral Yi, July 22, 2009, 03:15:40 PM

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PDH

#1920
January 20, 2012, 01:52:50 PM
Why did the Dominican Inquisitor Stephen of Bourbon dig up and destroy the bones of Saint Guinefort in the 13th century, all in an attempt to end the veneration of this saint?
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

Valmy

#1921
January 20, 2012, 02:00:52 PM
He was an early Christian with heretical beliefs?
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

PDH

#1922
January 20, 2012, 02:06:39 PM
Nope.

And this is somewhat known, there was a movie made about this incident.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

Drakken

#1923
January 20, 2012, 02:12:28 PM
Quote from: PDH on January 20, 2012, 02:06:39 PM
Nope.

And this is somewhat known, there was a movie made about this incident.

Really, what movie? (In PM, not to spoil the answer)

Razgovory

#1924
January 20, 2012, 02:14:40 PM
Oh, I know now.  The saint was not human.  If I'm right, the Floor is open.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

PDH

#1925
January 20, 2012, 02:14:43 PM
I think you can search his name and it will show the movie.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

Admiral Yi

#1926
January 20, 2012, 02:15:30 PM
Because St. Guinefort's grave was situated so that the venerators who approached it trampled Stephen's vegetable garden.  Stephen was very proud of his vegetable garden, and rightly so.

PDH

#1927
January 20, 2012, 02:18:36 PM
Raz is close, and to say so gives it away.  St Guinefort was a greyhound to whom mothers with sick children prayed for healing.  Stephen was excited to find out about Guinefort, but got quite upset when he learned it was a dog.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

-------
"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

Drakken

#1928
January 20, 2012, 02:23:21 PM Last Edit: January 20, 2012, 02:25:01 PM by Drakken
Quote from: PDH on January 20, 2012, 02:18:36 PM
Raz is close, and to say so gives it away.  St Guinefort was a greyhound to whom mothers with sick children prayed for healing.  Stephen was excited to find out about Guinefort, but got quite upset when he learned it was a dog.

I thought it was because mothers would dump their sick babies on the grave to be "healed" by the dog, and so they would oftentimes die of exposure or starvation?

PDH

#1929
January 20, 2012, 02:26:08 PM
Stephen said they dumped them there, the cult (which may have lasted for centuries beyond this) didn't actually do this, but they did leave the infants alone after praying to Guinefort in all likelihood - Stephen also said the Devil was the reason for the cult, so you can take his reporting with the grain of salt you would Santorum's statements.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

-------
"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

Drakken

#1930
January 20, 2012, 03:17:15 PM Last Edit: January 20, 2012, 03:21:15 PM by Drakken
A simple, easy one: Where does the term Merovingian take its origins from, as dynasty?

Maximus

#1931
January 20, 2012, 03:20:43 PM
Merovic, King of the Franks

Drakken

#1932
January 20, 2012, 03:22:15 PM Last Edit: January 20, 2012, 03:27:22 PM by Drakken
Quote from: Maximus on January 20, 2012, 03:20:43 PM
Merovic, King of the Franks

CORRECTIVE EDIT:

Well yes, there's the semi-legendary King Merovech or Meroveus (which is the usual origins) from whom Clovis had traced its lineage from. That was the answer I was expecting, but one of the ortographs is "Merovic".  So I grant it to Maximus. :blush:

Maximus

#1933
January 20, 2012, 04:14:53 PM
To what royal person did Mercator dedicate his atlas?

Valmy

#1934
January 20, 2012, 04:21:59 PM
Quote from: Maximus on January 20, 2012, 04:14:53 PM
To what royal person did Mercator dedicate his atlas?

Charles V?
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."
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