medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Jim Bugslag wrote:
>
>> John Briggs said:
>>> Just to clarify: the translation is the removal of a saint's body from
>>> one place to another (normally with papal permission!). It usually
>>> means from
>>> the original grave to a shrine (at, near, or behind the high altar).
>>> The feast thus usually commemorates the canonisation.
>
> This original "translation", from grave to shrine, signalling recognition
> of the individual as a saint, is also sometimes called an "elevation",
> e.g. St Cuthbert at Lindisfarne, who got translated quite a lot after he
> was elevated.
>
In all the excitement we missed the Translation Feast of St Cuthbert on 4
September (in the Sarum Calendar - not in the Tridentine Roman Calendar).
Now, what is the betting that it commemorates either the Elevation in 698,
or the Translation in 1104?
I didn't get the chance to tell the story of the day when our translator
announced that he had looked up "translation" in the dictionary, and found
that it meant "movement without rotation". He wished it to be known that
what he offered were "linguistic services" :-)
John Briggs
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