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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > Victor III ...in 1059 he became a cardinal and papal vicar of the monasteries of southern Italy. "John B. Wickstrom" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >With regard to Victor III (Desiderius II of Monte Cassino): I don't think I would agree that he spent little time at the abbey during his 25+ year tenure as abbot. >His oversight of the S. Italian monasteries appears to be a general sort of oversight, somewhat parallel to the abbot of Cluny's authority over its priories. John, would that mean that "papal vicar" is not the same thing as "papal legate" ? seems like, in 12th c. France at least, the appointment to the latter position entailed quite a bit of travel (as well as correspondance). or am i suffering from yet another embarassing lack of knowledge ? anything about this in Frances Newton's wonderful new study _The scriptorium and library at Monte Cassino, 1058-1105_(Cambridge U.P., 1999) ? which i have and haven't had a chance to look at, yet. best to all from here, christopher ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html