Cecilia--would you kindly post the url for Hughes' on-line database of
saints' offices? I am sure that other members of the list besides me would
find it very useful. many thanks, sharon
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From: Cecilia Gaposchkin <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 9:40 AM
Subject: o martyr desiderio
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> Dear learned ones- since my queries to this list have in the past been so
> generously answered, I shall try again.
>
> I am interested in any and all liturgical prayers which begin with the
> words *o martyr desiderio*. As I mentioned in an earlier missive on the
> origins of the crucisignatus, I am working on the correspondences between
> the 14th c. Franciscan office of Saint Louis of France and Julian of
> Speyer's 13th c. office to Francis (of which there are many). According
> to Andrew Hughes' electronic database of saints' offices this line is
> unique to these two saints, with the exception of a later office (15th
> c) to Augustine. But, as expansive as Hughes' database is, it still
> represents only one fraction of medieval liturgy. I have also checked the
> modern index to the Analecta Hymnica (which confirmed but did not expand
> on the results from Hughes' database).
>
> So my question is, can anybody tell me anything about the use of "o martyr
> desiderio", liturgically or otherwise.
>
> many many thanks in advance.
> cecilia gaposchkin
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