medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Actually, it's not that silly a question, considering how heavily
professional religious dominate the holiness business. But yes---a
confessor can be a layperson. In fact, a confessor can even be a
non-virginal layperson, although that's quite rare (and the bias in favor
of chastity has led to some very odd popular beliefs that saints like
Edward the Confessor of England or Henry II of Germany must have had chaste
marriages).
Phyllis
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>A quick question I'm going to feel silly asking: does a saint venerated as a
>confessor (rather than, say, a martyr) have to be a priest or a member of a
>religious order, or can he or she be a lay person?
>
>Many thanks.
>
>A. K. Harris
>Department of History
>Georgia State University
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