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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Bonnie Blackburn wrote: > > The website suggests that XXII was misread as XVII. However, there is > another possibility. In the Oxford Companion to the Year, we have a > note: 'a Veronese calendar of c.900 puts 'in Brittania sancti Albini > [sic] martyris] on both the 17th (XV Kal. Iul.) and the 22nd (X Kal. > Iul.).' So perhaps the V was dropped in an earlier source. (Sorry, I > don't remember exactly where this information came from.) The Sarum calendar has him for the 22nd, so using the 17th for the BCP would be a bit odd, unless that was the date used locally. St Albans was a 'peculiar' within Lincoln diocese but adjoining London: which calendar they used is anyone's guess. 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