The legend of St. Ismeria marks a shift in belief, as sanctity was previously more often earned by blood martyrdom rather than piety. [iStockphoto]
Posted on 05/19/2011 6:07:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The legend of St. Ismeria marks a shift in belief, as sanctity was previously more often earned by blood martyrdom rather than piety. [iStockphoto]
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“St. Ismeria” (”Grand-mother” of Jesus?). I thought “Saints” were deemed to have been born AD, not BC.
Great Granny Jesus just doesn’t sound right...
Saint Joseph: According to catholic.org, Joseph was a saint, and similarly for, "Mary . . . The Mother, of God, Mother of Jesus, wife of St. Joseph, and the greatest of all Christian saints". Most were AD, but there are a few exceptions who were contemporaries. Still, as you say, I have doubts on this woman's sainthood (or even her identity).
Nancy Pelosi?
Not so much. I am Eastern Orthodox. You better believe that St. Simeon the Righteous, the God-Receiver (who received Jesus at His Presentation at the Temple in Jerusalem)...
As is Moses the Law-Giver...
As are the Psalmist, King, and Propet David...
And Solomon...
I cuold go on, but you get the picture.
Saint Ismeria is a new one on me; I had never heard of her before.
Nice read, and interesting scholarship regarding a Florentine LEGEND; but the headline is another typical bait & switch. Wouldn’t surprise me if Catherine Lawless was apalled at how this article about her work was titled.
The headline, “Jesus’ Great-Grandmother Identified” is an emphatic statement of Biblical historical discovery.
The subtitle, “Medieval legends suggest that Ismeria, a descendent of the tribe of King David, was the grandmother of the Virgin Mary,” is a ‘maybe’ based upon a Medieval legend that most likely has no more basis in historical fact than the legends of the Questing Beast, or Spencer’s Blatant Beast.
;’)
And the name of Noah’s wife has been found....Mrs. Noah!
I’m glad you picked that up. It amazes me how folks chase after legends with no connection to a primary source. The 14th Century? I could say Aunt Jemima was a great great grandmother of Jesus, with just as much authority as this case. There is no way to test it.
And I have on good authority she made some killer pancakes in her time.
HAH! Now we know you don’t know nothin’ ... Jemima made the syrup, her sister Jemina made the cakes! *mumble mumble mumble*
Okay, who are the other 3?
Correct, but I was feeling generous, and took it to mean “the tribe David belonged to”, the Tribe of Judah.
Correct. Tribe of Judah, House of David.
According to the imminent resource, Red Buttons, her name was Stephanie. He said so in one of his ‘never got a dinner’ presentations. [If you need to laugh until your stomach aches, youtube search for Red Buttons/Never Got A Dinner celebrity roasts. IIRC, Stephanie came up when the roast was of George Burns, or maybe it was Frank Sinatra.]
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