medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: Elaine Beretz <[log in to unmask]>
> To return to Christopher's query about vocabulary.
> I've found the use of archidiaconus
i have no memory of asking about "archdiaconus" --yet another Senior Moment,
obviously.
>in a translatio written at Beauvais in the 1070s: "Guido decanus, custosque
ecclesiae S. Quintini Vermandensis, et archidiaconus Laudunensis ..." [AASS
[new edition; Paris,
1863ff], vol. 59 – Oct., vol. 2 [3 Oct]: 135A].
now i'm getting confused (as if i weren't confused before).
this guy Guido was a 1) deacon and 2) a "custos" (is that like a capicerius?)
of St. Q., and 3) an archdeacon of Laon?
what, did he have three heads so that he could wear three hats?
or were offices 1-2 (held simultaneously at St. Q.) & 3 held successively
--i.e., first he was deacon/custos of St. Q., and then subsequently he was an
archdeacon at Laon?
> More often, though, in the Beauvais materials at least, archdeacons are
designated by the Latin "archilevita."
jez, yet another word i don't recall ever seeing in the Chartres documents
(clearly, i need to reread them all).
now i need to know what the difference is between an "archipresbiter" and an
"archilevita" (archpriestess?).
and, just to clear things up, dit moi how on earth either one of those titles
could be synonymous with "archdeacon."
sounds to me like those guys up in the Beauvaisis were pretty fast & loose
with their terminology --rather like the Red Queen (or was it the
caterpillar?).
thanks for the confusion, Elaine.
i needed another Dose of that to start off my day properly.
c
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