At 17:50 11.08.1997 GMT0BST, you wrote:
>Hello everybody
>
>Sometime ago now I told you that I was doing some work on Erkenwald
>St of London. In the course of my research I have been pointed
>towards a consideration of local saints and the early (693 was when
>he died) process of canonisation, which was very different to the one
>the church uses today.
>
>As far as local saints are concerned I thought I would consult the
>Acta Sanctorum, unless any of you have a better suggestion. With
>regard to early canonisation I haven't the foggiest idea where to
>look. My best solution so far is to put the word 'canonisation' in
>the library catalogue and see what comes up. Obviously this is a bit
>hit and miss so again, if anyone can help I would be grateful.
>Conway Churchill
>University of Leeds
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Dear Conway,
I took notice of your message just now, but I hope my additional
bibliographical references can still be helpful for you:
Arnold Angenendt, Heilige und Reliquien, Muenchen 1994 (also regarding early
medieval veneration of saints)
Peter Brown, The Cult of the Saints. Its rise and function in latin
christianity, Chicago 1981
Les fonctions des saints dans le monde occidental (IIIe-XIIIe siècle), Rome
1991 (CEFAR vol. 149)
Frantisek Graus, Herrscher und Heilige im Reich der Merowinger, Prag 1965.
A. Legner, Reliquien in Kunst und Kult. Zwischen Antike und Aufklaerung,
Darmstadt 1995.
Santi e Demoni nell'alto medioevo occidentale (secoli V-XI), Spoleto 1989
(Settimane de Studio del Centro Italiano di Studi sull'Alto Medioevo vol 36).
further:
G. Loew, s.v. "canonizzazione", in: Enciclopedia Cattolica III (1950), col.
569-607 (good panorama of the medieval development)
most recent: M. Sieger, Die Heiligsprechung . Geschichte und heutige
Rechtslage, Würzburg 1995 (Forschung zur Kirchenrechtswissenschaft vol. 23)
L. Hertling, s.v. "Canonisation", in: Dictionnaire de Spiritualité II
(1953), col. 77-85.
Th. Klauser, Die Liturgie der Heiligsprechung, in: Heilige Ueberlieferung.
Festschrift f. Ildefons Herwegen, Münster 1938, 212-233.
Th. Klauser, Die Entwicklung des Heiligsprechungsverfahrens bis zum 13. Jh,
in: Zeitschrift der Savigny-Zeitschrift fuer Rechtsgeschichte. Kanonistische
Abteilung 40 (1954), 85-101.
J. Schlafke, Das Recht der Bischoefe in causis sanctorum bis zum AJreh 1234,
in: die Kirche und ihre Aemter und Staende. Festschrift f. Joseph Kardinal
Frings. Ed. W. Corsten, A. Frotz, Koeln 1960, 417-433.
The exact title of Kemp's work is: E.W. Kemp, Canonization and Authority in
the Western Church, Oxford 1948.
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