medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> There is a technical term in German for the medieval gesture of giving money
> to a monastery with the idea that the monks then pray for the donor's soul
> and say masses to ease his purgatorial tortures etc. These masses could also
> be held for deceased loved-ones. The term used in German is "Seelgerät".
Is "suffrages" too general? It might work in some contexts, no?
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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