Guide to Holy Island And Its Associations Discriptive Historical
Guide to Holy Island And Its Associations Discriptive Historical
W Halliday
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It was customary in the Anglo-Saxon Church to show a distinguished honour to the remains of those who had the character of great sanctity. The bodies of such holy persons were raised from their graves, and richly enshrined in the interior of the church. This was the canonisation of that time. It was always preceded by a petition to the bishop, and sanctioned with his approval. Ten or twenty years after the death of the man, the object of their veneration, when it might be presumed that the less... solid parts of the body had been reduced to ashes, the monks or clergy assembled, to perform the ceremony of his elevation . A tent was pitched over the grave. Around it stood the great body of the attendants, chanting the Psalms of David, whilst the Superior, accompanied by the more aged of the brother- hood, opened the earth, collected the bones, washed them, wrapped them carefully in silk or linen, and deposited them in a mortuary chest. With sentiments of respect and hymns of exultation, they were then carried to the place destined to receive them, which was elevated above the pavement, and decorated with ap- propriate ornaments.
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