medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
John Dillon wrote:
> On Tuesday, October 14, 2008, at 4:03 pm, John Briggs wrote:
>> John Dillon wrote:
>>>
>>> Today (13. October) is the feast day of:
>>
>> The Translation of St Edward the Confessor
>>
>> [Presumably still in the Roman Martyrology, so the omission is
>> inexplicable. If some wag asks whether it was the translation in 1163 or
>> the one in 1269: the answer is, Yes!]
>>
>> In the York Calendar, a Feast of nine lections.
>>
> This is puzzling. What is the omission referred to? 'Saints of the
> day' has always been a selective listing of saints and blesseds
> celebrated on a particular day. Since there is no requirement of
> completeness (and since past practice would in any event not lead one
> to expect completeness), one may speak of absences but not of
> omissions.
>
> Additionally and for reasons that have been spelled out before and
> need not be repeated now, 'Saints of the day' follows the current RM
> with occasional additions. Consequently, one might expect a
> particular saint to appear in 'Saints of the day', if at all, on a
> day in which his or her elogium appears in the current RM. For St.
> Edward the Confessor that day is not today. A quick consultation of
> this list's Archives will reveal that St. Edward the Confessor has
> indeed received a 'Saints of the day' notice in 2008 on the day under
> which his elogium appears in the current RM.
OK, the problem is with the current (2001/2005) RM, which seems to be out of
step with the rest of the liturgy. If you are going to thin Edward's two
entries down to one, why remove him from the date on which he appears in the
current (2000) "National Calendar for England", and leave him on a date on
which he is unlikely to be commemorated, as it is Epiphany Eve?
John Briggs
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