Published: 2022-09-30

At the Origins of the Rogation Days: Gallic Testimonies of the 5th and 6th Centuries about the Beginnings of the Custom of Pleading Prayers and Processions

Wojciech Kamczyk
Collectanea Theologica
Section: Articles
https://doi.org/10.21697/ct.2022.92.3.03

Abstract

The article analyzes the oldest testimonies concerning the establishment and celebration of supplication prayers and processions. We find confirmation of this custom, which was initiated by Bishop Mamert of Vienne, in the letters of Sidonius Apollinaris and the homilies of Faustus of Riez, Avitus of Vienne, Caesarius of Arles and Gregory of Tours, as well as in the canons of the Council of Orleans. They indicate a custom, the celebration of which took place on the three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord, and its establishment was associated with contemporary threats and unusual phenomena. The practice of common, processional prayer and penance was adopted not only in Vienne but spread rapidly to the whole of Gaul and has survived in the most essential ways to our times.

Keywords:

Rogation Days, Rogationes, supplication prayers, processions, liturgy, piety, penance

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Kamczyk, W. (2022). At the Origins of the Rogation Days: Gallic Testimonies of the 5th and 6th Centuries about the Beginnings of the Custom of Pleading Prayers and Processions. Collectanea Theologica, 92(3), 69–96. https://doi.org/10.21697/ct.2022.92.3.03

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