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Dear Laura,
See A.G. Little, Studies in English Franciscan History
(Manchester, 1917). According to Little, Innocent IV, with the bull “Cum
a nobis petitur” granted the friars the privilege of burying in their
churches and cemeteries any person who desired it. This privilege
threatened one on the primary sources of income of the parish priest, the funeralia,
consisting of mass stipends, candles, vestments, and other donations given on
the occasion of the funeral or anniversary of death. There were a
number of controversies as a result, with several popes issuing bulls for and
against the friars. In 1300, Boniface VIII issued “Super Cathedram”
which required that the friars give one-fourth of the funeralia to the
parish priest.
Hope this helps.
Cyprian Rosen, OFMCap
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Happy
Easter and Passover to all.
Can
anyone tell me what regulations or customs existed regarding burials
in churches (thirteen and fourteenth century Italy being my main
concerns)? I'm working on a private church (the Scrovegni Chapel in
Padua), and my sense is that c.1300 it was still quite rare for lay-people to
be buried in churches, though the practice was gaining in popularity and
Italian churches began to sprout private family chapels for the purpose
around this time. I'd be particularly interested to know whether
private churches or family chapels within churches might have needed a special
license for burials, or whether it was simply assumed that patrons had the
right to be buried in them.
All
best
Laura
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