medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
There are several saints named Julian. Would anyone know offhand to
which of them the church was dedicated?
Tom Izbicki
Catherine Gunn wrote:
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> Dear Johan – you’ve got me worried now!
>
> Is it coincidence that Julian’s anchorhold was at the church of St
> Julian (St Edward and St Julian in the Middle Ages) – or have we
> always assumed that was the church she was attached to because of the
> coincidence of names? As has been pointed out, the church was nearly
> destroyed in the second world war, and I believe it was in the
> rebuilding of it that an anchorhold was rebuilt as a shrine, but
> tradition associated her with the church before that, and I think
> there was evidence of an anchorhold. Looking at Watson & Jenkins’ new
> edition of her writings, the evidence of her existence apart from her
> writing includes the will of John Plumpton, a Norfolk merchant, tho
> gave forty pence in 1414 to ‘le ankeres in ecclesia sancti Juliani de
> Conesford in Norwice’ – the church of St Julian’s is in the Conisford
> area of Norwich.
>
> Cate (named after Catherine of Alexandria)
>
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> *From:* medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval
> religious culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf
> Of *JOHAN BERGSTROM-ALLEN
> *Sent:* 18 January 2008 15:42
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: [M-R] Julian of Norwich
>
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture Dr. Eddie Jones of Exeter University has recently written a
> fascinating article in which he debunks the widely-accepted view that
> anchorites took the name of the church they were attached to (when not
> attached to some other building).
>
> He suggests that Julian was in fact Julian of Norwich's real name, and
> concludes the article by asking "I wonder how much the resonances
> change when 'the Lady Julian of Norwich' becomes plain Conisford Jill".
>
> The article is due for publication in /Mystics Quarterly
> /(www.mysticsquarterly.com). If Eddie grants permission I can forward
> it to members off-list; just drop me a request.
>
> I was allowed to see an advance copy because a proposal I made in my
> Masters thesis - that an anchorite in York given the baptismal name
> Isobel adopted the enclosure name Margaret from her anchorhold site -
> is apparently the only example Eddie has found of an anchorite
> changing name.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Johan Bergström-Allen (Jo of Heslington!)
>
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