Introducing myself as a new member, but also in response to
the query from Astrid. Parenti in Italian is still taken
to mean the wider family.
On Fri, 05 Mar 1999 18:33:38 +0100 Astrid
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> Dear all!
>
> I found in one of my litanies the formulation
> "Ut animabus parentum nostrorum requiem aeternam donare digneris te
> rogamus audi nos"
> Who are those "parentes" in the 9th century? Are they just father and
> mother or all relaives or the whole big "familia". This litany was made
> for Charles the Bald.
> Thanks
> Astrid Krüger, Frankfurt.
>
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Anabel Thomas
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