The text of the Roman Canon even still provides a place (Commemoratio pro vivis) for names of the not-necessarily-famous living (and elsewhere of the dead) to be inserted ("N. et N.").

Memento, Domine, famulorum, famularumque tuarum *N. et N.* et omnium
circumstantium, quorum tibi fides cognita est, et nota devotio, pro quibus
tibi offerimus: vel qui tibi offerunt hoc sacrificium laudis, pro se,
suisque omnibus: pro redemptione animarum suarum, pro spe salutis et
incolumitatis suæ: tibique reddunt vota sua aeterno Deo, vivo et vero.

There is a study by Thomas O'Loughlin here:

https://www.academia.edu/12216366/The_origins_of_the_commemoratio_pro_vivis -- Paul

On 5 June 2017 at 23:23, John Shinners <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
A friend and colleague asks me the questions below. I know that the later Carolingian kings had their names inserted in the Canon of the Mass (this from Pawel Figurski's work), but I'm stumped on the whether luminaries besides kings got this honor. So . . .

1. Did the medieval church service invoke the names of the pope, the local bishop, and the reigning king as it often does (or its equivalent) in services today?
2. Is there a name for this request for prayers for these powerful living people?
3. Where might I look to find some description of such a call for prayers in the medieval church?

Any enlightenment is welcome.

John

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