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Hi all -- I noticed that an anonymous editor added Ignatius Reilly to the "Influenced" section in the infobox. Because Ignatius Reilly is a fictional character from the novel A Confederacy of Dunces, and not a real philosopher, I removed it. In that novel, however, Boethius is mentioned very frequently, being the favorite philosopher of Ignatius Reilly, the main character. I'm now thinking that since A Confederacy of Dunces is a Pulitzer-prize winning classic novel, the factoid of Boethius being prominent in the book could go in a new "In popular culture" section. What do you think? -- Cloud atlas ( talk) 05:35, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
Boethius is not a saint, either in the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox churches.
The article says his name is listed in the Roman Martyrology - it is not. He is nowhere listed for October in the Martyrology.
The article also says that his name is listed in the calendar of saints of Eastern Orthodoxy -- again, it is not. The calendar lists two saints for Oct. 23rd: James, the 'Brother of the Lord', and Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople. Boethius is nowhere mentioned.
This information can be confirmed at: https://www.goarch.org/chapel/calendar http://www.liturgialatina.org/martyrologium/20.htm
A British clergyman, "Fr. Andrew Philips" does, however, list Boethius as a saint in his own calendar of saints on the webpage for his own church which he himself established. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/oe4/fr-andrew-phillips-biography/ That hardly justifies claiming as fact that Boethius has been honored as a saint, either in East or West . . . which he has not.
If you disagree -- fine. But, you need to produce more evidence than just one man's opinion on his website.
Boethius is indeed a saint according to the 2004 (latest edition) Roman Martyrology:
6*. Papiae in Liguria, commemoratio sancti Severini Boetii, martyris, qui, scientia ac scriptis praeclarus, in carcere detentus tractatum scripsit de consolatione philosophiae et Deo usque ad mortem a Theodorico rege inflictam cum integritate servivit.
He is also mentioned as "Saint Severino Boezio" on the calendar based on the 2004 Roman Martyrology here: http://www.gcatholic.org/saints/data/martyrology2004-10c.htm#d23
It seems some people thought he was not a saint because they used old editions of Roman Martyrology, so make sure to check using the 2004 Roman Martyrology because that is the latest edition. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.174.156.228 ( talk) 14:00, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
The image placement in the article is killing me. I cannot tell on my screen where to actually format the images, and when I do, they are in a completely different place. If someone could help me on this, it would be greatly appreciated. GuardianH ( talk) 20:20, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
After some discussion with GuardianH on my talk page, I intend to standardise all the refs in the article. At the moment it's about evenly split between short form refs and full inline cites. I'll be converting all the full inline cite to short form refs, so that only one style of referencing is used. If you disagree with this, or have any questions, please just say. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆ transmissions∆ ° co-ords° 09:28, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
Thanks so much to @ ActivelyDisinterested for formatting the citations — that was one of the last remaining big hurdles to accomplish before the article can be more effectively organized. With that done, I can now see to tidying up and rewriting all the other major sections. GuardianH ( talk) 02:34, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
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Hi all -- I noticed that an anonymous editor added Ignatius Reilly to the "Influenced" section in the infobox. Because Ignatius Reilly is a fictional character from the novel A Confederacy of Dunces, and not a real philosopher, I removed it. In that novel, however, Boethius is mentioned very frequently, being the favorite philosopher of Ignatius Reilly, the main character. I'm now thinking that since A Confederacy of Dunces is a Pulitzer-prize winning classic novel, the factoid of Boethius being prominent in the book could go in a new "In popular culture" section. What do you think? -- Cloud atlas ( talk) 05:35, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
Boethius is not a saint, either in the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox churches.
The article says his name is listed in the Roman Martyrology - it is not. He is nowhere listed for October in the Martyrology.
The article also says that his name is listed in the calendar of saints of Eastern Orthodoxy -- again, it is not. The calendar lists two saints for Oct. 23rd: James, the 'Brother of the Lord', and Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople. Boethius is nowhere mentioned.
This information can be confirmed at: https://www.goarch.org/chapel/calendar http://www.liturgialatina.org/martyrologium/20.htm
A British clergyman, "Fr. Andrew Philips" does, however, list Boethius as a saint in his own calendar of saints on the webpage for his own church which he himself established. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/oe4/fr-andrew-phillips-biography/ That hardly justifies claiming as fact that Boethius has been honored as a saint, either in East or West . . . which he has not.
If you disagree -- fine. But, you need to produce more evidence than just one man's opinion on his website.
Boethius is indeed a saint according to the 2004 (latest edition) Roman Martyrology:
6*. Papiae in Liguria, commemoratio sancti Severini Boetii, martyris, qui, scientia ac scriptis praeclarus, in carcere detentus tractatum scripsit de consolatione philosophiae et Deo usque ad mortem a Theodorico rege inflictam cum integritate servivit.
He is also mentioned as "Saint Severino Boezio" on the calendar based on the 2004 Roman Martyrology here: http://www.gcatholic.org/saints/data/martyrology2004-10c.htm#d23
It seems some people thought he was not a saint because they used old editions of Roman Martyrology, so make sure to check using the 2004 Roman Martyrology because that is the latest edition. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.174.156.228 ( talk) 14:00, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
The image placement in the article is killing me. I cannot tell on my screen where to actually format the images, and when I do, they are in a completely different place. If someone could help me on this, it would be greatly appreciated. GuardianH ( talk) 20:20, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
After some discussion with GuardianH on my talk page, I intend to standardise all the refs in the article. At the moment it's about evenly split between short form refs and full inline cites. I'll be converting all the full inline cite to short form refs, so that only one style of referencing is used. If you disagree with this, or have any questions, please just say. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆ transmissions∆ ° co-ords° 09:28, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
Thanks so much to @ ActivelyDisinterested for formatting the citations — that was one of the last remaining big hurdles to accomplish before the article can be more effectively organized. With that done, I can now see to tidying up and rewriting all the other major sections. GuardianH ( talk) 02:34, 9 September 2022 (UTC)