Heresy: a Catherine Levendeur Mystery
“Friday, 14 kalends April (March 19), 1148. Feast of Saint Joseph, “husband of the mother of God.”
Ad quod concilium dominus Albero archiepiscopus tam magnifice pervenit…In camerula autem de corio facta, lineo panno intrinsecus decenter obducta, inter duos ferebatur equos, quod cunctis visu erat mirabile The lord Archbishop Albero [of Trier] arrives at this council with great splendor…In a tented bed made of leather, padded sumptuously within with linen, carried between two horses, to the wonder... of all who saw it.
Gesta Alberonis, caput 86 Despite the number of clerics in town, or perhaps because of them, the traditional drinking and carousing for Saint Joseph’s Day had started earlier than usual. Countess Sybil had made it clear that no ward of hers would dare leave the safety of the convent on the feast of the patron saint of cuckolds.
“You’d think men would have more respect for poor Saint Joseph,” she said. “He was a holy man and a good husband. Why should his feast be an occasion for such debauchery?”MoreLess
Ad quod concilium dominus Albero archiepiscopus tam magnifice pervenit…In camerula autem de corio facta, lineo panno intrinsecus decenter obducta, inter duos ferebatur equos, quod cunctis visu erat mirabile The lord Archbishop Albero [of Trier] arrives at this council with great splendor…In a tented bed made of leather, padded sumptuously within with linen, carried between two horses, to the wonder... of all who saw it.
Gesta Alberonis, caput 86 Despite the number of clerics in town, or perhaps because of them, the traditional drinking and carousing for Saint Joseph’s Day had started earlier than usual. Countess Sybil had made it clear that no ward of hers would dare leave the safety of the convent on the feast of the patron saint of cuckolds.
“You’d think men would have more respect for poor Saint Joseph,” she said. “He was a holy man and a good husband. Why should his feast be an occasion for such debauchery?”MoreLess
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