medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> We are probably all familiar with the term "confessio" in the sense of the tomb of a martyr
> under the altar of a church (cf. Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus). I wondered
> if anyone knew of any studies of either the practice or the usage of the term, especially
> during the 10th c. and later? By this time there were plenty of churches which were not
> build over martyr's tombs. Does the term come to apply to the space in the altar which
> receives relics?
You might try Gillian Mackie, Early Christian Chapels in the West: Decoration,
Function and Patronage (Toronto, 2003).
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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