TO LEAD THE LIFE OF A PILGRIM IN THE MONASTERY – INTERPRETATION OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF ST. RICHARIUS IN CENTULA (ST. RIQUIER) IN THE TIME OF ANGILBERT (799-814) IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STATION LITURGY AND THE CULT OF RELICS Cover Image

W KLASZTORZE WIEŚĆ ŻYCIE PIELGRZYMA – INTERPRETACJA ARCHITEKTURY I WNĘTRZA KOŚCIOŁA ŚW. RICHARIUSZA W CENTULI (ST. RIQUIER) W CZASACH ANGILBERTA (799-814) W KONTEKŚCIE LITURGII STACYJNEJ I KULTU RELIKWII
TO LEAD THE LIFE OF A PILGRIM IN THE MONASTERY – INTERPRETATION OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF ST. RICHARIUS IN CENTULA (ST. RIQUIER) IN THE TIME OF ANGILBERT (799-814) IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STATION LITURGY AND THE CULT OF RELICS

Author(s): Janusz Nowiński
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Cultural history, Architecture, History of Church(es), Local History / Microhistory, 6th to 12th Centuries
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe Franciszka Salezego (TNFS)
Keywords: Angilbert; Centula; St. Riquier; station liturgy; peregrinatio; Iro-Scottish monks; cult of relics; Romanesque architecture;

Summary/Abstract: By the decision of Charlemagne in Centula, over the tomb of St. Richarius was erected one of the finest churches in the Carolingian state characterised by innovative architecture. The church has an impressive collection of relics, representing the holy objects of totius christianitatis, among which the largest group are the relics of Christ the Savior. The relics were meant to give the foundation a unique quality and the attribute of a “holy place”. The description of the liturgy celebrated in Centula informs that the relics deposited in eleven altars and four memorials presented the most important places and events from the Holy Land related to vita Christi, as well as the saints. As part of the practice of circuire altaria, the monks visited altars and their relics like pilgrims. The example here was the Roman station liturgy and the Iro-Scottish practice of peregrinatio.

  • Issue Year: 42/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 143-157
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish
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