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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture John Briggs' description of the 11th c. Fleury church is correct except that all his past tenses should be present, because everything is there now as he describes it.. I've attended the Morrow Mass (without confusion) in the crypt, with the Benedictine community, and paid my respects to Benedict, whether his remains are there or still at Monte Cassino with his sister, as the Cassinese insist. GHB >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > >John Wickstrom wrote: >> >>There were four churches at St. Maur-sur-Loire. Four churches were >>built in monastery: the largest, to which brothers went day and night >>for divine office, dedicated to Ss Peter and Paul. the 2nd to S >>Martin, the 3rd, smaller, to S Severinus (probably abbot of Aguanum >>in late 400s). Smallest in shape of tower to S Michael, archangel. >>My guess would be that these dedications preceded the appearance of >>the cult of Maurus at the abbey (probably 830s, the abbey had been >>there in some form since the mid 600s) and so were kept (I didn't >>follow the dedication thread, but I was intrigued with the challenge >>of St. Benoit- sur-Loire. I bite... > >I can't now find my references, but there were also several churches >(three or four) at Fleury, although they seem to have been replaced >when the present church (high altar dedicated to Our Lady) was >re-built in the 11th century. St Benedict's shrine was in its >crypt, which only occupies the space below the apse, and his altar >was immediately above, occupying the main apse, but behind the high >altar and on a higher level. This chapel seems to have essentially >functioned as the Lady Chapel, and the Morrow Mass was apparently >celebrated there (with the usual confusion between the Morrow Mass >and the Lady Mass). > >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 -- George Hardin Brown, Professor of English Emeritus Department of English, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2087 Home: 451 Adobe Place, Palo Alto, CA 94306-4501 Phones: Mobile: 650-269-9898; Fax: 650-725-0755; Home: 650-852-1231 ********************************************************************** 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