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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture

On 21/04/2011 21:41, John Wickstrom wrote:
>
> Does anyone know if it was anywhere a custom for abbots to take a new name
> 'in religion' when they were elected or otherwise assumed this office?

I've never heard of that, but I suppose that it is possible if they were 
a monk who hadn't previously taken a name in religion - if you see what 
I mean.

John Briggs

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