Thanks for this information. It raises more questions. Are you saying the monks supplemented the canons in terms of administration of the cathedral, or kept to their cloisters? :) LR At 10:56 PM 2/3/01 +0000, you wrote: >About half the English pre reformation cathedrals had Benedictine >monasteries as their chapter. The titular abbot was the bishop but the >prior ruled the community. Canterbury, Durham Ely Worcester and >others - I forget which - were included. > >The English Benedictines still have the use (granted by the Pope) of the >title of cathedral prior for senior monks, not only of these abbeys but >also of Chester and Peterborough which became cathedrals after the suppression. > >There is at least some contact between the current monks and their >cathedral (E.g. Ampleforth Fr Dominic, Titular Cathedral Prior of Chester, >and Chester Cathedral with annual evensong in the abbey and vespers in >the cathedral. > >The EBC also have the use of Titular Abbacies e.g. Westminster, Whitby, > >John Canning > > >This email is intended for the recipient only and may contain confidential >material. If you receive it in error please destroy it and inform me at >[log in to unmask] > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Marjorie Greene [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 10:50 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: monastic cathedrals > >I was not aware there was such as a monastic >cathedral. Could my learned colleagues please give me >just a few examples of where and when? "Monastic >cathedral," up till now, was what I'd have called an >oxymoron. >Thanks! >MG > >__________________________________________________ >Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 >a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/