In modern French, Good Friday is 'Vendredi saint' (holy Friday, of course);
maybe medieval French wasn't so fixed about where the adjective should be.
Have just checked OED (which isn't always 100 per cent right), under Sunday.
Says St Sunday is mistranslation of Sanctus Dominicus in the case of the
Abbey at Cork and also at Drogheda; gives quotes as evidence for
altars/shrines at
York, Doncaster, Wells and Yatton, Som.
Christine Buckley
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From: "john lock" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 6:07 AM
Subject: Re: St Sunday's Wells &Continental parallels
> Following on ... I believe that our 'Good Friday' is known in France as
'St
> Vendredi' (having once fallen foul of the fact that it wasn't a public
> holiday). It's not too difficult to extrapolate from that to Easter
Sunday
> which is *the* day of the year in the church calendar. So I would suggest
> that it is not the Sabbath but Easter Day which is 'St Sunday'. Certainly
if
> I was in extremis and contemplating my career options the painting of the
> Resurrection in the local church would spring to mind and that's where I'd
> put my money. I don't know where such paintings would typically be in a
> medieval church but I don't suppose they were tucked away at the back! It
> could tie in with Easter well-blessings (if such there be).
>
> I don't know the book at all.
>
>
> regards
>
> john a w lock
>
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