medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Andr--Yves Bourg-s <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> My question is motivated by the fact that I try to identify the "church of
Saint-Symphorien" consecrated in 1118 by bishop Robert of Quimper : could I
say "As the right to consecrate churches was so important for bishops et
reserved to them, we are allowed to suppose that 'the church of
Saint-Symphorien' conscrated by Robert in 1118 was the church of subparish of
Le Leslay or the chapel of Saint-Symphorien in Paule parish, both located in
the bishopric of Quimper" ?
it seems like you would surely be dealing with *some* St-Symphorien within the
diocese of Quimper, since consecrations by "foreign" bishops appear to be
rather unusual and reserved for either important places or special occasions,
or both --the consecrations of Cluny and quite a few near-by places by the
peripatic Urban II comes to mind, as does the consecration of St. Denis, where
a whole crowd of bishops and other dignataries were brought in for the
occasion.
in his account of the latter, i can't recall whether or not Suger singles out
a single bishop as the one actually doing the work.
> Even if he wrote far from Quimper, the anonymous chronicler of Saint-Maixent
abbey (at work circa 1120-1140) showed interest for bishopric of Quimper as he
mentionned at year 1046 the foundation of Holy-Cross abbey in Quimperlé
sounds like a Breton Orderic Vitalis, who wrote with (apparent) accuracy about
happenings well outside his own neighborhood and time.
christopher
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