Can anyone suggest work on canonization procedures that
post-dates and significantly alters the conclusinos of W E Kemp's
"Canonization and Authority in the Western Church," (Oxford 1948)
in particular his statement on p. 107 that
"The formal legal establishment of the right of papal
canonization may for our convenience be regarded as settled by the
publication of the decretals of Greg. IX in 1234. The decretal
Audivimus of Alexander III became in the eyes of the canonists
the foundation of this right..."
I would also be interested in learning of any
medieval cults that were established WITHOUT the involvement of
the papacy or its representatives in the period 1150-1300, most
especially if the cults have a continuous history of celebration
since that time.
I am investigating St. Roch, and will be hunting down
footnotes in Vauchez.
Thanks
Margaret Cormack [log in to unmask]
Dept. of Philosophy and Religion fax: 843-953-6388
College of Charleston tel: 843-953-8033
Charleston, SC 29424-0001
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