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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Jim Bugslag wrote: > >>>>> Today (26. July) is the feast day of >>>> >>>> Anne >>>> >>>> In the Hereford Calendar, a Semidouble feast with nine lessons. >>>> >>> From what date would this feast have been celebrated in the Hereford >>> Calendar? >> >> There is probably no way of telling - there seem to be very few >> Hereford service books: we are lucky to have the printed Missal and >> Breviary. >> >> Frere dates the introduction of the feast to 1383 for the Sarum >> Calendar - which is probably too early for R.W. Pfaff's New >> Liturgical Feasts in Later Medieval England (1970) > > It is because I am reading Pfaff right now that I asked. He claims > that the feast of St Anne was instituted in 1383 and characterizes > this as one of the "milestones" by which later medieval English > calendars are sometimes dated. This surprised me, as > I have also read that devotion to St Anne was relatively precocious > in England, dating back at least to the 12th century. But perhaps > "devotion" in general does not always develop into a formalized feast. I have the sensation that you are probing the limits of my ignorance again! I'm not sure that I can add much. The date doesn't seem to be mentioned in the Golden Legend (1260). Does it appear in late Benedictine Calendars? If so, perhaps it is worth consulting: English Benedictine Kalendars after A.D. 1100. Edited by Francis Wormald, 2 vols, HBS 77 & 81. 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