On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 09:53:29 +0000 (GMT) CA Muessig
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Today, 9 November, is the feast of ...
>
>
> Last year Sarah Salih provided the following info:
> I visited King's Lynn yesterday, and discovered that Margery Kempe is
> honoured as a "minor commemoration" on 9th November. I'm not sure of
> the precise degree of condescension implied by that.
>
> Anna Sander added:
> Margery was on the list of saints (& co.) commemorated at York Minster
> for November 9th, too. There are no annotations such as 'minor
> commemoration' on said list, so no immediately observable
> differentiations between the degrees of commemorability of those on it.
>
> Sarah and Anna, I wonder what David Knowles would have made of this
> since he described Margery Kempe as a person who was 'improperly' or
> 'accidentally' classed among the English Mystics?
>
As I think we've discovered on this list before, Margery
still has the power to seriously irritate people.
Personally, I think we should start a canonisation campaign
for her: I'm sure that would be what she'd have wanted.
Sarah
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