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ADAM MARSH, RELIGIOUS - 24 JULY

 

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ADAM MARSH, RELIGIOUS

Adamus de Marisco (July 24). All that is known about Adam de Marisco is his name. It is listed in Hueber's Menology of the Franciscans*, therefore we know that he belonged to the Order of Saint Francis.

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Adamus de Marisco (Adam Marsh), Franciscan scholar (died c.1258), born probably Somerset, England. Known as "Doctor illustris," he helped to organise the teaching and discipline at Oxford.

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Adam de Marisco (Adam Marsh) c. 1200 - 18 November 1259) was an English friar of the Order of Saint Francis of Assisi, born about 1200 in the diocese of Bath, and educated at Oxford (Greyfriars) under the famous Robert Grosseteste. Before 1226 Marsh received the benefice of Wearmouth from his uncle, Richard Marsh, Bishop of Durham; but around 1230 he entered the Franciscan order at the friary in Worcester.

None of Adam's theological works survive. His only extant writings are a collection of over 200 of his letters compiled by fellow Franciscans after his death.  His letters, written in stylised Latin, often served to advance his theological vision, particularly with regard to the pastoral work of the Church and his urgent sense of its need for correction and reform. His letters also frequently respond to requests for spiritual counsel, offering both exhortation and admonition.

To judge from his correspondence he took no interest in secular politics. He sympathised with Montfort as with a friend of the Church and an unjustly treated man; but on the eve of the baronial revolution he was on friendly terms with the king. Faithful to the traditions of his order, he made it his ambition to be a mediator. He rebuked both parties in the state for their shortcomings, but he did not break with either.

Sources: Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 30; https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/a/adam-de-marisco.html; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Marsh

*A hagiography source used by the authors 

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