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32-561: (Redirected from St Elmo ) Saint Elmo or St. Elmo may refer to: People [ edit ] Erasmus of Formia or Saint Elmo (died 303), patron saint of sailors Peter González or Saint Elmo (1190–1246), Castilian Dominican friar and priest St. Elmo Brady (1884–1966), first African American to obtain a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States Places [ edit ] Malta [ edit ] Fort Saint Elmo ,

64-522: A Czech one at Plzeň , 1475–1479, and at Prague , 1495; Caxton 's English versions, 1483, 1487, and 1493; and a German one in 1489. Overall, during the first five decades of printing in Europe, editions of the Legenda Aurea appeared at a rate of about two per year. Almost as popular as the Legenda Aurea were Jacobus' collected sermons, also termed Aurei . Several 15th-century editions of

96-646: A creature of Philippine mythology St. Elmo's Fire (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Saint Elmo . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint_Elmo&oldid=1189485734 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Title and name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

128-572: A defence of the Dominicans, printed at Venice in 1504, and a Summa virtutum et vitiorum Guillelmi Peraldi , a Dominican who died in 1271. Jacobus is also said by Sixtus of Siena ( Biblioth. Sacra, lib. ix) to have translated the Old and New Testaments into his own tongue. "But," adds the historian of the Dominican order Jacques Échard , "if he did so, the version lies so closely hid that there

160-474: A few cases contain accounts of 13th century miracles wrought at special places, particularly with reference to the Dominicans. The penultimate chapter (181), "De Sancto Pelagio Papa", contains a universal history from the point of view of Lombardy , or Historia Lombardica (History of Lombardy"), from the middle of the 6th century. The last (182) is a somewhat allegorical disquisition on the dedication of churches, "De dedicatione ecclesiae". The Golden Legend

192-657: A fortress in Valletta St. Elmo Bridge , a bridge located close to the above fort United States [ edit ] St. Elmo, Alabama Saint Elmo, Colorado St. Elmo (Columbus, Georgia) , a historic residence St. Elmo, Illinois St. Elmo, Louisiana , a community in Ascension Parish, Louisiana St. Elmo, Michigan , a community in Midland County St. Elmo Historic District (Chattanooga, Tennessee) St. Elmo Steak House ,

224-520: A member of the Marvel Comics team Alpha Flight Saint Elmo – Hikari no Raihousha , an anime television special See also [ edit ] Ida Saint-Elme , pen name of Maria Verfelt (1776–1845), Dutch writer and actress Fort Saint-Elme (France) , Collioure Sant'Elmo , a hill and a fortress in Naples, Italy Elmo (disambiguation) San Telmo (disambiguation) Santelmo ,

256-551: A number of baptisms, which drew the attention of the Western Roman Emperor Maximian who, according to Voragine, was "much worse than was Diocletian." Maximian ordered his arrest and Erasmus continued to confess his faith. Angered, Maximian had Erasmus enclosed in a barrel full of protruding spikes and rolled down a hill. His survival is claimed to be the result of the intervention of an angel. A number of unreliable legends fill Erasmus’ story. Though he

288-808: A restaurant in Indianapolis , Indiana , U.S. Organizations [ edit ] St. Elmo, a nickname for the fraternity of Delta Phi St. Elmo Society , a senior secret society at Yale University St. Elmo Hall , a building formerly owned by the St. Elmo Society at Yale University St. Elmo Hall, a nickname for the fraternity of Delta Phi Fiction [ edit ] St. Elmo (novel) , an 1866 novel by Augusta Jane Evans, which spawned numerous silent film adaptations: St. Elmo (1910 Thanhouser film) St. Elmo (1910 Vitagraph film) St. Elmo (1914 film) St. Elmo (1923 American film) St. Elmo (1923 British film) Saint Elmo (comics) ,

320-417: A valuable source for the study of medieval Marian customs. Theologically Jacobus is one of the first of several Christian writers, who view Mary as mediatrix or mediator between God and humanity. In his view of the mystical body of Christ, she is the neck through which all graces flow from Christ to his body. This view was later shared by others such as Bernardino of Siena , and, most recently, by one of

352-458: A windlass, signifying his patronage of sailors. Erasmus may have become the patron saint of sailors because he is said to have continued preaching even after a thunderbolt struck the ground beside him. This prompted sailors, who were in danger from sudden storms and lightning, to claim his prayers. The electrical discharges at the mastheads of ships were read as a sign of his protection and came to be called " Saint Elmo's Fire ". Pope Gregory

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384-561: Is attested at the time. He entered the Dominican order in 1244, and became the prior at Como , Bologna and Asti in succession. Besides preaching with success in many parts of Italy, he also taught in the schools of his own fraternity. He was provincial of Lombardy from 1267 till 1286, when he was removed at the meeting of the order in Paris. He also represented his own province at the councils of Lucca (1288) and Ferrara (1290). On

416-538: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Erasmus of Formia The Acts of Saint Elmo were partly compiled from legends that confuse him with a Syrian bishop Erasmus of Antioch. Jacobus de Voragine in the Golden Legend credited him as a bishop at Formia over all the Italian Campania , as a hermit on Mount Lebanon , and a martyr in

448-629: Is no recollection of it," and it may be added that it is highly improbable that the man who compiled the Golden Legend ever conceived the necessity of having the Scriptures in the vernacular. The Golden Legend , one of the most popular religious works of the Middle Ages , is a collection of the legendary lives of the greater saints of the medieval church . The preface divides the ecclesiastical year into four periods corresponding to

480-504: The Diocletianic Persecution . There appears to be no historical basis for his passion . Erasmus was Bishop of Formia, Italy. During the persecution against Christians under the emperors Diocletian (284–305) and Maximian Hercules (286–305), he left his diocese and went to Mount Libanus, where he hid for seven years. However, an angel is said to have appeared to him, and counseled him to return to his city. On

512-645: The Gospels , from Ash Wednesday to the Tuesday after Easter ; and a treatise called Marialis, qui totus est de B. Maria compositus, consisting of about 160 discourses on the attributes, titles, etc., of the Virgin Mary . In the same work the archbishop claims to have written his Chronicon januense in the second year of his episcopate (1293), but it extends to 1296 or 1297. To Jacobus' own list his biographer Giovanni Monleone adds several other works, such as

544-520: The Sermons are also known; while his Mariale was printed at Venice in 1497 and at Paris in 1503. Jacobus' other chief work is his Chronicon januense , a history of Genoa. It is divided into twelve parts. The first four deal with the mythical history of the city from the time of its founder, Janus , called the first king of Italy, and its enlarger, a second Janus, "citizen of Troy ", till its conversion to Christianity "about twenty-five years after

576-550: The altarpiece . The skull of St. Erasmus, venerated as a relic, is purported to be in St. Peter's Church in Munich, Germany. Besides his patronage of mariners , Erasmus is invoked against colic in children, abdominal pain, intestinal ailments and diseases, cramps and the pain of women in labour, as well as cattle pests. Jacobus de Voragine Jacobus de Voragine , OP ( c.  1230  – 13/16 July 1298)

608-403: The constitution of the city, the seventh and eighth with the duties of rulers and citizens , the ninth with those of domestic life. The tenth gives the ecclesiastical history of Genoa from the time of its first known bishop , Saint Valentine , "whom we believe to have lived about 530 A.D. ", until 1133, when the city was raised to archiepiscopal rank. The eleventh contains the lives of all

640-589: The Great recorded in the 6th century that the relics of Erasmus were preserved in the cathedral of Formia. When the old Formiae was razed by the Saracens in 842, the cult of Erasmus was moved to Gaeta . He is currently the patron of Gaeta, Santeramo in Colle and Formia . There is an altar to Erasmus in the north transept of St. Peter's Basilica . A copy of Nicolas Poussin 's Martyrdom of St Erasmus serves as

672-539: The Sunday after Easter. He was a good bishop, and especially distinguished himself by his efforts to appease the civil discords of Genoa among Guelfs and Ghibellines . A story, mentioned by Échard as unworthy of credit, makes Pope Boniface VIII , on the first day of Lent , cast the ashes in the archbishop's eyes instead of on his head, with the words, "Remember that thou art a Ghibelline, and with thy fellow Ghibellines wilt return to naught." He died in 1298 or 1299, and

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704-522: The bishops in order, and includes the chief events during their episcopates; the twelfth deals in the same way with the archbishops, not forgetting the writer himself. Jacobus is relevant to mariology in light of his numerous Marian sermons, Sermones de sanctis per circulum anni feliciter and his Laudes Beatae Mariae Virginis . He describes the miracles of Mary and explains specific local customs and usages on Marian feast days. Since most of these usages do not exist anymore, Jacobus de Varagine serves as

736-463: The chronicles of many writers." The other writings he claims are two anonymous volumes of Sermons concerning all the Saints whose yearly feasts the church celebrates. Of these volumes, he adds, one is very diffuse, but the other short and concise. Then follow Sermones de omnibus evangeliis dominicalibus for every Sunday in the year; Sermones de omnibus evangeliis, i.e., a book of discourses on all

768-478: The last occasion he was one of the four delegates charged with signifying Pope Nicholas IV 's desire for the deposition of Munio de Zamora – who had been master of the Dominican order from 1285 and was eventually deprived of his office by a papal bull dated 12 April 1291. In 1288 Nicholas empowered him to absolve the people of Genoa for their offence in aiding the Sicilians against Charles II . Early in 1292

800-582: The passion of Christ ". The fifth part professes to treat of the beginning, growth and perfection of the city; but of the first period the writer candidly confesses he knows nothing except by hearsay. The second period includes the Genoese crusading exploits in the East, and extends to their victory over the Pisans (c. 1130), while the third reaches down to the author's days as archbishop . The sixth part deals with

832-406: The same pope, himself a Franciscan , summoned Jacobus to Rome, intending to consecrate him archbishop of Genoa. Jacobus reached Rome on Palm Sunday (30 March), only to find his patron ill of a deadly sickness, from which he died on Good Friday (4 April). The cardinals, however, propter honorem Communis Januae ("for the honor of the commune of Genoa"), determined to carry out this consecration on

864-478: The various epochs of the world 's history , a time of deviation, of renovation, of reconciliation and of pilgrimage. The book itself, however, falls into five sections: (a) from Advent to Christmas (cc. 1–5); (b) from Christmas to Septuagesima (6–30); (c) from Septuagesima to Easter (31–53); (d) from Easter Day to the octave of Pentecost (54–76); (e) from the octave of Pentecost to Advent (77–180). The saints' lives are full of fanciful legend , and in not

896-400: The way, he encountered some soldiers who questioned him. Erasmus admitted that he was a Christian and they brought him to trial at Antioch before the emperor Diocletian. After suffering terrible tortures, he was bound with chains and thrown into prison, but an angel appeared and helped him escape. He passed through Lycia , where he raised up the son of an illustrious citizen. This resulted in

928-506: Was an Italian chronicler and archbishop of Genoa . He was the author, or more accurately the compiler, of the Golden Legend , a collection of the legendary lives of the greater saints of the medieval church that was one of the most popular religious works of the Middle Ages . Jacobus was born either in Varazze or in Genoa , where a family originally from Varazze and bearing that name

960-495: Was buried in the Dominican church at Genoa. He was beatified by Pius VII in 1816. Jacobus de Voragine left a list of his own works. Speaking of himself in his Chronicon januense , he says: "While he was in his order, and after he had been made archbishop, he wrote many works. For he compiled the legends of the saints ( Legenda sanctorum ) in one volume, adding many things from the Historia tripartita et scholastica, and from

992-494: Was thrown into prison with the intention of letting him die of starvation, Erasmus managed to escape. He was recaptured and tortured in the Roman province of Illyricum , after preaching and converting numerous pagans to Christianity. According to the traditional account, he was disemboweled; his abdomen slit open and his intestines wound around a windlass . This version may have developed from interpreting an icon that showed him with

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1024-560: Was translated into Catalan in the 13th century and a first dated version was published in Barcelona in 1494. A French version was made by Jean Belet de Vigny in the 14th century. A Latin edition is assigned to about 1469; and a dated one was published at Lyon in 1473. Many other Latin editions were printed before the end of the century. A French translation by Master John Bataillier is dated 1476; Jean de Vigny's appeared at Paris , 1488; an Italian one by Nic. Manerbi (?Venice, 1475);

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