medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Felice Lifshitz in "The Name of the Saint" spends some time on name
changes in the Carolingian period. She discusses Benedict of Aniane as
well as the royal family.
John McCulloh
Quoting Christof Rolker <[log in to unmask]>:
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> Dear all,
>
> currently I am working on medieval name-changes, and have been
> thinking about religious names in this context, i.e. names
> taken/imposed after entering religious life. About the only
> specialised study I have found is a splendid article by Sharon
> Strocchia (see below). I also understand that the constitutiones say
> nothing about this practice, and all in all it seems to be a modern
> thing. However, name changes (more precisely: the acquisition of a
> new name in life) are not that rare in the Middle Ages, and at least
> sometimes they occured in the context of entering religious life. A
> few examples:
>
> Orderic Vitalis famously acquired his name when he entered St Evroul,
> according to his own report because his "English name ... sounded
> harsh to the Normans". In the HE also reports how a five year old son
> fo Ernald d’Echauffour entering the monastery „was given the name
> of Benedict by the abbot because of his sweet nature“. St Theodora
> of Thessalonike was baptised Agape, and only called Theodora when she
> became a nun. (Other name changes of monks one could think of are St
> Francis and St Bonaventura, but then again, these names are not
> "religious names", are they?)
>
> Does anyone have a guess how common "religious names" were in the
> Middle Ages? And can anyone think of medieval comments of this
> practice?
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Christof Rolker
>
>
> Sharon T. Strocchia: Naming a nun. Spiritual exemplars and corporate
> identity in Florentine convents, 1450–1530, in: Society and
> individual in Renaissance Florence, hg. von William J. Connell,
> Berkeley 2002, 215–40.
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