medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at 7:43 am, christopher crockett wrote:
> From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
> > 3) Lanfranc of Bec and of Canterbury (Bl.; d. 1089). A native of Pavia
> whose father was a magistrate there, P. obtained an education
>
> "L. obtained...", obviously.
Thanks for catching that.
> >After his death he seems to have had a bit of a cult in Normandy but
> none in
> England, where even at Canterbury he was remembered annually with a
> Mass _in
> memoriam_.
>
>
> this, of course, wouldn't have been indicative of any sort of "cult" but
> rather a perfectly Standard practice for a deceased bishop of considerable
> fame.
Just so.
> unless there was something particularly Liturgically Significant about
> it.
Not that I'm aware of.
> his obituary notice would have been entered into the cathedral's Book
> of Life
> and commemorated by a mass.
>
>
> perhaps you meant to say "where even at C. he was *only* remembered..."?
Actually, I didn't. I assumed that readers would know that this was the ordinary form of commemoration. Saying in effect "even at C. he was given the ordinary" suffices without adding "only".
Best again,
John Dillon
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