Nathan John Haydon
@nathanjohnhaydon.bsky.social
Episcopal priest. Medievalist PhD interested in monasticism, theology, and early English exile. Benedictine oblate. Lover of coffee, friend to cats and dogs. Book on the theology of exile forthcoming with Arc Humanties Press.
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My book is out! Medieval Responses to Ovid's Exile, with Cambridge UP @universitypress.cambridge.org.
I am so grateful to the friends, family, colleagues, librarians and archivists who helped along the way. Nervous and excited to see it in the world!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...
I am so grateful to the friends, family, colleagues, librarians and archivists who helped along the way. Nervous and excited to see it in the world!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...
Medieval Responses to Ovid's Exile
Cambridge Core - Classical Literature - Medieval Responses to Ovid's Exile
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August 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
My book is out! Medieval Responses to Ovid's Exile, with Cambridge UP @universitypress.cambridge.org.
I am so grateful to the friends, family, colleagues, librarians and archivists who helped along the way. Nervous and excited to see it in the world!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...
I am so grateful to the friends, family, colleagues, librarians and archivists who helped along the way. Nervous and excited to see it in the world!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...
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N., obey these Canons
July 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
N., obey these Canons
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you have been visited by "Le Boulanger Quebecois"
repost to receive his blessing
repost to receive his blessing
July 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
you have been visited by "Le Boulanger Quebecois"
repost to receive his blessing
repost to receive his blessing
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Yes, I've done terrible, unforgivable things. But what about all the terrible, unforgivable things I didn't do? I should get credit for those
June 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Yes, I've done terrible, unforgivable things. But what about all the terrible, unforgivable things I didn't do? I should get credit for those
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Howard Thurman: “There is in every person an inward sea, and in that sea there is an island, and on that island there is an altar.”
June 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Howard Thurman: “There is in every person an inward sea, and in that sea there is an island, and on that island there is an altar.”
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[They stab Caesar.]
March 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
[They stab Caesar.]
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Livre de bonnes moeurs (Book of good morals), Jacques Le Grant, 1470 BNF Département des manuscrits, Français 17116, fol. 133v.
February 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Livre de bonnes moeurs (Book of good morals), Jacques Le Grant, 1470 BNF Département des manuscrits, Français 17116, fol. 133v.
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I'm still committed to #ManuscriptMonday, so here's the Sacramentarium Anglo-Saxonicum, an C11th #manuscript gifted to an abbey by Robert de Jumièges, Bishop of London. A Sacramentarium is a liturgical book used during Mass. #MedievalSky
February 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I'm still committed to #ManuscriptMonday, so here's the Sacramentarium Anglo-Saxonicum, an C11th #manuscript gifted to an abbey by Robert de Jumièges, Bishop of London. A Sacramentarium is a liturgical book used during Mass. #MedievalSky
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This probably isn’t the developers’ top priority (although it should be), but I’d love to see the Bluesky app have an option to switch to the Julian calendar for those of us who reject the lies of Pope Gregory XIII
February 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This probably isn’t the developers’ top priority (although it should be), but I’d love to see the Bluesky app have an option to switch to the Julian calendar for those of us who reject the lies of Pope Gregory XIII
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For the saint that's in it today, the etymology of the name "Brigit":
Modern Irish Bríd [ˈbʲrʲiːdʲ] < pre-reform Irish Brighid < Old Irish Brigit [ˈbʲrʲiɣʲədʲ] < Primitive Irish *Brigēddī [ˈbriɣɛːdːiː] < Proto-Celtic *Brigantī < Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥g̑ʰn̥tih₂- "high one, elevated one (fem.)".
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Modern Irish Bríd [ˈbʲrʲiːdʲ] < pre-reform Irish Brighid < Old Irish Brigit [ˈbʲrʲiɣʲədʲ] < Primitive Irish *Brigēddī [ˈbriɣɛːdːiː] < Proto-Celtic *Brigantī < Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥g̑ʰn̥tih₂- "high one, elevated one (fem.)".
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February 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
For the saint that's in it today, the etymology of the name "Brigit":
Modern Irish Bríd [ˈbʲrʲiːdʲ] < pre-reform Irish Brighid < Old Irish Brigit [ˈbʲrʲiɣʲədʲ] < Primitive Irish *Brigēddī [ˈbriɣɛːdːiː] < Proto-Celtic *Brigantī < Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥g̑ʰn̥tih₂- "high one, elevated one (fem.)".
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Modern Irish Bríd [ˈbʲrʲiːdʲ] < pre-reform Irish Brighid < Old Irish Brigit [ˈbʲrʲiɣʲədʲ] < Primitive Irish *Brigēddī [ˈbriɣɛːdːiː] < Proto-Celtic *Brigantī < Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥g̑ʰn̥tih₂- "high one, elevated one (fem.)".
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No, no, no, no, no.
January 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
No, no, no, no, no.
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Get thee to a nunnery ✝️
January 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Get thee to a nunnery ✝️
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BOURDAIN: so ive had joints of mutton everywhere. exeter, wroexeter, berwick. Ive never seen a joint of mutton prepared like this
MEDIEVAL SPIT-BOY: we roaste thee meat under a pafte which keeps the juices, and renders the meat moft tendere
BOURDAIN: *chuckling* wow
MEDIEVAL SPIT-BOY: we roaste thee meat under a pafte which keeps the juices, and renders the meat moft tendere
BOURDAIN: *chuckling* wow
January 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
BOURDAIN: so ive had joints of mutton everywhere. exeter, wroexeter, berwick. Ive never seen a joint of mutton prepared like this
MEDIEVAL SPIT-BOY: we roaste thee meat under a pafte which keeps the juices, and renders the meat moft tendere
BOURDAIN: *chuckling* wow
MEDIEVAL SPIT-BOY: we roaste thee meat under a pafte which keeps the juices, and renders the meat moft tendere
BOURDAIN: *chuckling* wow
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Someone recently asked me what's the point of having two or three buttons on a tailored jacket if the bottom-most button isn't meant to be fastened? It's easier to understand style if you think of it in terms of social language, not purely as function. Let me give you some examples. 🧵
January 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Someone recently asked me what's the point of having two or three buttons on a tailored jacket if the bottom-most button isn't meant to be fastened? It's easier to understand style if you think of it in terms of social language, not purely as function. Let me give you some examples. 🧵
January 4, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Be merry, be merry.
December 25, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Be merry, be merry.
Can I just make my sermon for tomorrow nothing but quotes from Fleming Rutledge about Advent and poetry about the Visitation?
December 22, 2024 at 12:23 AM
Can I just make my sermon for tomorrow nothing but quotes from Fleming Rutledge about Advent and poetry about the Visitation?
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the Exsultet. It is desirable
December 17, 2024 at 2:40 PM
the Exsultet. It is desirable
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if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly
December 13, 2024 at 5:45 AM
if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly
Still feeling overwhelmed from our service of Advent Lessons and Carols from last night. A sacred and beautiful moment.
Our King and Savior draweth nigh: O come, let us adore him.
Our King and Savior draweth nigh: O come, let us adore him.
December 9, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Still feeling overwhelmed from our service of Advent Lessons and Carols from last night. A sacred and beautiful moment.
Our King and Savior draweth nigh: O come, let us adore him.
Our King and Savior draweth nigh: O come, let us adore him.
Notre-Dame caught fire the day I gave my dissertation defense. Amazing to see it come back to life.
Notre-Dame reopens to the public this weekend.
The achievement thus far is astonishing and historic, our architecture writes. Here’s an inside look at the rebuilding effort of the cathedral since the 2019 fire. nyti.ms/4ilgX4r
The achievement thus far is astonishing and historic, our architecture writes. Here’s an inside look at the rebuilding effort of the cathedral since the 2019 fire. nyti.ms/4ilgX4r
December 7, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Notre-Dame caught fire the day I gave my dissertation defense. Amazing to see it come back to life.