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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Phyllis Jestice wrote: > > Today (22. February) is the feast day of: > > The Chair of St. Peter. In the Sarum calendar, a simple feast with triple Invitatory. (That's two rulers.) As has already been pointed out, this is the feast of the Chair of St Peter at Antioch. The feast of the Chair of St Peter at Rome (18 January in the Tridentine Roman Calendar, and listed as a "Double major" in the Liber Usualis) does not occur in the Sarum Calendar. (It is suggested that the 18 January was a Frankish feast of the sixth or seventh centuries which later spread to Rome, duplicating that of 22 February, causing the latter to be re-designated as marking Peter's consecration as bishop of Antioch - by whom, would be an interesting question.) (Strictly speaking, a chair, whether at Antioch or even Rome, isn't a saint. Although I suppose if you can have a "St Cross", you can have a "St Chair".) John Briggs ********************************************************************** 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