The Rules for monks and nuns produced by Aurelianus, bishop of Arles (ob. 551) order that three or four masses are to be held on feasts of the martyrs, and that their Passions are to be read out. Written in Latin at Arles, southern Gaul, 546/551.
Evidence ID
E08012
Type of Evidence
Canonical and legal texts
Aurelianus of Arles, Rule for Monks (Regula ad monachos), 'Ordo psallendi'
In martyrum festivitatibus tres aut quatuor missae fiant. Primam missam de Evangelio legite, reliquas de passionibus martyrum.
'On the feast days of the martyrs let three or four masses be held. At the first mass read from the Gospel, at the rest from the passions of the martyrs.'
The same sentence appears in the 'Ordo psallendi' attached to Aurelianus' Rule for Virgins.
Text: PL 68, 396 (men's Rule), 406 (women's Rule).
Translation: David Lambert.
Liturgical ActivitiesService for the saint
Festivals
Service for the saint
Eucharist associated with cult
FestivalsSaint’s feast
Cult PlacesCult building - monastic
Non Liturgical ActivityTransmission, copying and reading saint-related texts
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesEcclesiastics - monks/nuns/hermits
Source
Aurelianus, bishop of Arles from 546 to 551 (PCBE 4, 'Aurelianus 5'), founded male and female monasteries in the city (see E07748, E07947) and composed rules for both. These are preserved in the Codex regularum, the collection of monastic rules compiled in the early 9th century by the monastic reformer Benedict of Aniane (ob. 821).The instruction about celebrating the feasts of the martyrs does not appear in the Rules proper, but in an appendix to each Rule known as the Ordo psallendi, giving instructions on the celebration of services and the liturgy throughout the Christian year. This is virtually identical in the Rules for both sexes (and entirely identical as regards this instruction).
Bibliography
Edition:Aurelianus Arelatensis, Regula ad monachos, Regula ad virgines, Patrologia Latina 68 (Paris, 1866), 385-395, 399-406.
Further reading:
Diem, A., "... ut si professus fuerit se omnia impleturum, tunc excipiatur. Observations on the Rules for Monks and Nuns of Caesarius and Aurelianus of Arles," in: V. Zimmerl-Panagl, L.J. Dorfbauer, and C. Weidmann (eds.), Edition und Erforschung lateinischer patristischer Texte – 150 Jahre CSEL. Festschrift für Kurt Smolak zum 70. Geburtstag (Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2014), 191-224.
Record Created By
David Lambert
Date of Entry
06/10/2020
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00060 | Martyrs, unnamed or name lost | Certain |
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