(urth) The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned by Rudesind

brunians at brunians.org brunians at brunians.org
Wed Jul 7 20:07:42 PDT 2010


People are often named after saints without themselves being the saints
that they are named after.

I believe this to be the case, in any case.

.

> I don''t think any cover story would be needed at all. Do you refer to
> this:
>
> "This isn't the Citadel," I reminded him again. "How did you come to be
> here,
> anyway? Did they bring you here to clean these?"
> "That's right. That's right." He leaned on my arm. "There's a logical
> explanation for everything, and don't you forget it. That must have been
> the
> way. Father Inire wanted me to clean his, so here I am." He paused,
> considering.
> "Wait a bit, I've got it wrong. I had talent as a boy, that's what I'm
> supposed
> to say. My parents, you know, always encouraged me, and I'd draw for
> hours. I
> recollect one time I spent all one sunny day sketching in chalk on the
> back of
> our house."
> . . .
> I asked Rudesind who it was who had told him he must tell me about his
> childhood.
> "Why, Father Inire," he said, cocking his head up to look at me. "Who do
> you
> suppose?"
>
> I take this as some direction Inire gave him upon posting him as a
> lookout for Severian. But it would explain the mention of Fechin, who is
> after all not a saint.
>
> Could this also be a clue?
>
> Saint Rudesind: Born in Galicia, Spain, in 907 to a noble family, he was
> appointed bishop <http://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=1918>
> of Mondonedo at the age of eighteen and against his personal wishes.
>
> Jeff Wilson wrote:
>>> Meaning, returning from the past. Right?
>>>
>>
>> Sure. I'm not too sure how much of a cover story would be needed,
>> though.
>> Tzadkiel's sailors don't seem to treat their time-travel like a deep
>> dark
>> secret, and Rudesind doesn't seem the type who could be coutned on to
>> keep
>> it, unless he somehow didn't know it himself. But he had to have been
>> told
>> something to account for the change in the moon, besides "we do things
>> differently in South America."
>>
>>
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