For Ash Wednesday, I reminded readers here that the season of Lent is also a “joyful” season, an aspect that should not be ignored. We should never forget though, that it is also a solemn time, above all a time…
Tag Archive for Queer Saints and Martyrs
Let Us Remember, for Dec 20th
Ruth and Naomi: Love between women in the Bible (Jesus in Love Blog) The Queer Family in the Book of Ruth, OT, c 1100BC (Queer Saints & Martyrs)
Let Us Remember, for October 30th
St Sebastian, the early Christian martyr for the Church and often seen as a gay icon, was “martyred” twice. Left for dead the first time, he was revived, and went on to scold the Emperor for his wickedness. David Morley…
Let Us Remember, for October 27th:
Erasmus of Rotterdam, Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian who tried to bridge the gap between Catholic and Reformation impulses – and who is also known for a series of passionate love letters he wrote to a young monk Servatius Roger, and allegations of improper…
Hildegard of Bingen: Doctor of the Church
With the news that Hildegard of Bingen is one of the two people that Benedict has just named as doctors of the church, I repost below a portion of my post on her, in my series on “Queer Saints and…
“Blessed Are The Queer in Faith”: Preamble
February is LGBT History month in the UK. 2012 is also the diamond jubilee year of Queen Elizabeth, who this week marked the 60th anniversary of her accession to the British throne. The jubilee will be the theme of this…
“Out of the Shadows, Into the Light”:Blessed John Henry Newman, Soho “Gay” Masses
Last Sunday I went up to London for one of the regular LGBT – oriented “Soho Masses”. Earlier in the day, Pope Benedict had conducted the beatification service for Cardinal John Henry Newman. Cardinal Newman is now officially Blessed John…
The Story of Our Queer Saints & Martyrs (and others)
Ever since I started here at QTC, I have tried to share with you some information about our gay, lesbian and trans saints and martyrs, which I think is one of the great unknown stories of Church a and LGBT…
St Paulinus of Nola: Bishop, Poet, Saint – and Gay.
Although some would dispute the description of Paulinus as ‘gay’, the description seems to me entirely appropriate to his sensibility. Although history records no evidence of physical expression of his same sex attraction, nor is there any evidence against it.…
St Eugenia / Eugenios, 24th December
24th December is the day the Eastern Orthodox Church remembers St Eugenia / Eugenios of Alexandria, another of the group of female saints in the early church who dressed as men to be admitted to all-male monasteries. Holy Virgin and…
