medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Diana Wright wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Again, this is a practice still done at particular churches in Greece.
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> DW
>
Could you tell us more? Is the ideal to remain awake or to sleep? If to
sleep, is there any association with dreams or visions? Is the practice
associated with a church as such, or with particular shrines or tombs or
icons of particular saints?
The cathedral at Chartres, so I heard on a tour, has side aisles
slightly sloped for easy cleaning after groups of pilgrims had been
accomodated there for great feasts. Is that true, does anyone know, and
was this purely pragmatic overflow accomodation when the Holiday Inn was
full, or was there particular spiritual significance in spending the
night inside the church?
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