today we commemorate a widowed princess

[kassia]

St. Kentigerna, Hermitess of Loch Lomond

Does anyone out there find these as amusing as I do? I may one day write my own material about them, rather than just copying others', but right now I'm just gathering material. I think they're fascinating from a feminist perspective: as real women, whose lives got channeled through a patriarchal remembrance, and as characters, whose stories have had meaning to both men and women, over a wide variety of times and cultural contexts. (remembering Mary Daly)

Citing the writings of women (e.g. Proba) is an attempt to document the paucity of orthodox women theologians. I know of maybe a dozen, and half of those are living.

naamah, have you seen any women writing (or scribing) in syriac?
Does anyone know of resources from the "Nestorian" and "monophysite" churches regarding women saints and theologians?

Comments

[elbren]

Yes! I enjoyed them both, but I was surprised Ms. Soskice didn't mention Mrs. Margoliouth anywhere, seeing as she managed to name-drop about every other interesting contemporary. I wonder whether Mrs. Smith Lewis consulted her, seeing as she was recognized by Saeki et al. for her Syriac expertise.

I'd love to know what even just Saidnaya has!

[naamah.livejournal.com]

I confess that The Sisters of Sinai totally made me fall in love with J. Rendel Harris...! Too bad he's dead, like all the men I seem to crush on....