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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I can't remember where I picked this up, but isn't the prefect the man who tended to all the non-religious matters of the monastery such as outside contracts? If there is another name for this please correct me. V. K. Inman Quoting John Briggs <[log in to unmask]>: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Christopher Crockett wrote: > > From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]> > > > >> educated in early childhood by a prefect of the monastery of St. > >> Philip > > > > what is a "prefect" of a monastery?? > > > > i don't think i've ever come across the term. > > "Praefectus" can mean 'head, president'. What he actually was (Prior, etc) > would presumably depend on the status of the monastery [probably the other > way around - but you know what I mean!] > > 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 > ********************************************************************** 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