medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Christopher Crockett wrote:
> MG wrote:
>>
>>> A quick search turned this up: the couple was married secretly at
>>> the Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre church.
>
> i wrote:
>
>> i believe that this church belonged to the Bishop
>
> i did a little study of this building, at the beginning of my art
> hysterical career and my memories of it have been in Deep Storage for
> many decades, in Banks which have probably gone under long ago.
>
> it might have belonged to the cathedral Chapter, rather than the
> Bishop himself; but there was some sort of strong connection, because
> the smaller building is a kind of minature copy of what was then
> (1160s or so) going up just across the river at the cathedral (St.
> Julien is just a stone's throw from the river, on the left bank).
>
> i cannot recall whether or not it was extant as an institution in
> Abelard's day, but believe it was --i certainly have no memory of it
> being a _de novo_ foundation in the third quarter of the 12th c.
It was an ancient church, but in secular hands at the beginning of the 12th
century. The lay owners transferred it to the Cluniac Abbey of Longpont in
1120, and they established the priory.
John Briggs
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