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I found nothing Irish in McNeill & Gamer, Medieval handbook of penance,
addressing this. The only reference was from the Corrector of Burchard of
Worms.
Tom Izbicki
At 07:40 AM 7/25/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>Dear List members
>
>I forward this query on behalf of a friend who is doing research into the
>practise of burying the bodies of unbaptised children in specially
>designated graveyards in Ireland. These sites, known as Cillín(s), were
>believed to be unconsecrated, though many of them were in fact abandoned
>early ecclesiatical sites. Occasionally they were also used for the burial
>of suicides. The practise of burying unbaptised children in them has only
>died out within living memory and has been the focus of quite a lot of
>research (and controversy) recently. My friend's research relates to the
>modern period but she is keen to trace its historical roots.
>
>I have one reference to a situtation in 1484 where a portion of the
>Franciscan cemetery in Adare, Co Limerick, was left unconsecrated for those
>who were not entitled to Christian burial but the context suggests that this
>refers to adults.
>
>Does anyone know when the practise regarding infants began, either in
>Ireland or elsewehere? What was the rationale behind it? Do references to it
>occur in medieval literature and sermons ?
>
>Many thanks
>
>Colmán O'Clabaigh, OSB
>Glenstal Abbey,
>Ireland
>
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