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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture George - thanks, that's helpful. I had always assumed he was Abbot of some house somewhere. Learn something every day.... cecilia On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 10:04 AM, George Piero FERZOCO <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > Dear Cecilia, > > It's confusing, but I'm quite certain that Victor Leroquais had the title > 'Abbé' as an honorific. > > See > https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titres_et_prédicats > > Hope that helps! Best wishes, George > > > On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 7:56 PM, Cecilia Gaposchkin < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >> >> Friends and colleagues - >> >> it occurred to me today to wonder about Victor Leroquais. He is often >> referred to as the "Abbé Leroquais" and I was given to wonder, Abbot of >> what? >> >> A quick google search revealed an obituary (http://www.persee.fr/doc/scri >> p_0036-9772_1946_num_1_1_2063) from 1946f that says the was vicaire at >> Lisieux, and priest in Beny-sur-mer, and spoke movingly of how he went >> every day for thirty years to the BN manuscripts room at took the same >> seat. I learn also that he was a Canon in the diocese of Dijon. But I don't >> see where he was an abbot. Does anyone know if this was an honorific? He >> is also often called "the canon Leroquais." >> >> Does anyone know? (my research has not gone very deeply here...) >> cecilia >> ********************************************************************** >> To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion > > > ********************************************************************** To > join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: > unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion