> My other question has to do with a formula found in the documents
> themselves, specifically in letters by which the pope grants the pallium to
> one archbishop or another. Usually these include an exhortation to the
> archbishop to lead a virtuous life, thereby setting an example for the
> people of his archdiocese, often involving the following words: Itaque
> vita tua filiis tuis sit regula . . . I am particularly interested in this
> phrase because I am currently working on the idea of popes and bishops as
> spiritual fathers. I thought it might come from Gregory I's Pastoral Care,
> but I haven't been able to find it there. Does it ring a bell with anyone?
> Is it just a diplomatic formula, or is there some other source. Any help
> would be much appreciated.
> Megan
Dear Megan,
I don't know where the formula comes from, but from what readings I
have been doing on a rather different, but parallel topic, there seem
to have been similar ideas expected of kings, and there were
apparently close similarities between the ceremonies of royal and
episcopal "coronations". My reading on this is too diverse, and too
sporadic, for me to give a proper bibliography, but see Jacques
Krynen, L'Empire du roi. Idees et croyances politiques en France
XIIIe-XVe siecle (Paris, 1993), eg p. 168, where there is a citation
to Yves Congar, L'Ecclesiologie du Haut Moyen Age (Paris, 1968).
Sorry to be so vague, but I hope this helps.
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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