medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Wed, 1 Feb 2006 16:17:03 -0000, Rosemary Hayes-Milligan & Andrew
Milligan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>could these marks be where the bishop anointed the church on its
>consecration? - Which would not stop pilgrims touching the place.
>Rosemary Hayes
>
No, they do not at all look like consecration crosses, nor are they located
where such would typically be situated. They are situated at the outside of
the church, just beside one of the doors used by pilgrims, and at a height
suitable for touching.
Best,
Anders Fröjmark
>
>In Vadstena Abbey Church, in central Sweden--one of the major pilgrimage
>churches in Scandinavia--there are peculiar marks near one of the doorways
>where pilgrims passed, either into the church or out from it (this is not
>clear). These marks consist of groups of five holes arranged in form of
>crosses. The holes are suitable for the insertion of fingers and they are
>worn just as if this has been done by thousands of pilgrims.
>
>The church was completed in 1430, in great fidelity to the plan set up by
>St. Birgitta (d. 1373) in her Revelationes extravagantes. The doorways of
>the church and their functions are described in detail in the revelations.
>The doorway(s) through which the pilgrims passed were called by her
>Doorway of the Remission of Sins (Porta remissionis). No mention is made
>of holes in the form of crosses, however.
>
>Images can be found in Vadstena klosterkyrka 1: Kyrkobyggnaden by Iwar
>Andersson, Stockholm 1991, p. 45, 122, and 125.
>
>
>
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