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I thought I had read a number of years ago that cremation--whether or not approved by the RCChurch--had begun to be performed due to the lack of cemetary space. I remember reading an article where, if I remember correctly, a law had been past allowing exhumation after only 20 years due to the lack of space, whereby previously it was not permitted before 99 years!! If I'm wrong someone here will probably be able to set me straight. Robert Colasacco > -----Original Message----- > From: MRS J A RAWSON [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 1999 11:59 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Oggetto: Re: Italy Library Finds Dante Ashes > > I was thinking more of the prohibition of cremation by the catholic > church, but I am not quite sure when it was in force. For some time > cremation must have been a pagan ritual only, and therefore referred to in > > classical terms - as in 'al cener di Sicheo' in Inf 5.62. In > protestant countries cremation was maybe more of a statement. > However, Foscolo refers to Le ceneri in l.40 of Dei sepolcri after > what seems to be a burial, so perhaps the terms are interchangeable in > Italian? I would be interested to hear what people think! > Judy Rawson. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%