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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Isn't it by the nature of things impossible for the contemporaries to know who is an antipope or not? St. Birgitta of Sweden is to my knowledge the only saint to have been canonized thrice. The first canonization was proclaimed during the Great Schism, so it felt safer to have her canonized once more by John XXIII in February, 1415. This, however, proved to be a less happy choice of pope, since he was deposed some days later, so a third canonization was proclaimed by Martin V in July, 1419. Since then, the Roman obedience has been universally recognized as the legitimate one during the Great Schism; consequently, also St. Birgitta's first canonization on 7 October 1391 by Boniface IX is regarded as legitimate. This might perhaps be seen as especially appropriate in the case of St. Birgitta, who during her lifetime (ca. 1303 - 1373) argued for the reinstallation of the papacy in Rome. Best, Anders Fröjmark -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] För George FERZOCO Skickat: den 29 januari 2010 01:13 Till: [log in to unmask] Ämne: [M-R] canonizations by antipopes (was Re: [M-R] saints of the day 28. January_ medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture John's post raises a question (from me, at least): Does anyone know of other examples of canonizations effected by antipopes? I think it would be interesting to know of these, and to trace the relevant cults. All good wishes, George -- George FERZOCO [log in to unmask] On 28 Jan 2010, at 22:41, John Dillon wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > > Today (28. January) is the feast day of: > > <snip> > > 3) Charlemagne (Bl.; 814). "Carles li reis, nostre emperere magnes" > (the opening words of the _Chanson de Roland_) was canonized by the > pro-imperial antipope Paschal III in 1165 and enjoyed a later medieval > cult especially in the empire and in France. One reads in some potted > notices that his cult was confirmed by Benedict XIV (1740-1758) but > C.'s notice at the "Santi Beati" site > http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/91756 > is careful to point out that Benedict was not yet pope when he > observed in his _De servorum Dei beatificatione_ that C.'s traditional > cult constituted the equivalent of beatification. C. > (who does not appear in the RM) is celebrated liturgically today in > the cathedral of Aachen, where the celebration is a locally permitted > feast, and at the abbeys of Metten (Lkr. Deggendorf) in Bavaria and > Müstair (Münster; founded by C.) in Graubünden, where it is > "tolerated" by the Sacred Congregation of Rites. <snip> ********************************************************************** 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