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Greetings,
I have been following (and printing out) the discussion of consecration of chancels with
great interest. The cathedral of Lund was consecrated in stages, I believe. (I need to track
down the Necrologium Lundense in another context and will report back when I find it.)
In the meantime, though, what about graveyards - surrounding and/or independent of churches?
Presumably when a church was consecrated, any graveyard associated it would be,
too, and quite possibly if the graveyard was established before the church was built it would be consecrated
so as to be able to receive bodies.
I'm curious, though, as to the existence of consecrated graveyards NOT associated with churches.
I canīt actually imagine a medieval christian graveyard that was not consecrated in some manner,
so the question really becomes, were there Christian graveyards which were not associated with
churches? If so, when and where - in well-settled and long-christianized areas, or in missionary
outposts? Do we have archaelogical evidence?
(The question comes, in part, at the request of a group of archaeologists who have just found
a remarkable graveyard from the first century of the Christian period in Iceland with no church in sight
(or on site). Which could just mean that they havenīt found the church yet.)
Thanks,
Meg
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From: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture on behalf of Katherine French
Sent: mið. 27.10.2004 09:46
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Subject: Re: [M-R] consecration of new chancel
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
churchyards need to be reconsecrated after blood shed, and new
vestments are hallowed, so it seems like chancles would be consecrated,
but maybe not before their first use, but when the bishop was in town. i
will see if i can find anything in my notes at home, but i seem to
remember that the rood screen in banwell, somerset was consecrated when
it was finished. and st. margaret's, westminster has a new chancel
built, so the records for that might say (or gervase rosser's book on
medieval westminster) whether it was consecrated.
kit french
Chris Daniell wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>Hi
>
>Re: consecration of new churches - I am aware of the necessity to
>consecrate new churches, but does anyone know if it was common practice to
>consecrate new sections of churches (in particular the chancel?) and if so
>whether the full consecration rite (including marking a cross on the main
>door) was included
>
>Many thanks
>
>Chris Daniell
>
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