W poszukiwaniu oficjum ainardowego

Czesław Grajewski

doi:10.21697/sc.2022.29.1.4

Published: 2022-10-03

Vol. 29 No. 1 (2022)

In Search of the Ainard Office

Czesław Grajewski

Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings

Section: Rozprawy i Artykuły

https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2022.29.1.4

Abstract

The paper is an attempt to reach the original structure of the Divine Office for St. Catherine of Alexandria. It is known from historical sources that such an office was composed by the Benedictine monk Ainard of the Monastery of St. Trinity in Rouen after 1030. Unfortunately, we are not sure what it looked like at that time. The author analyses the breviary liturgy for the feast day of St. Catherine contained in the thirteenth-century ordo from the monastery of Notre Dame de St. Pierre-sur-Dives, assuming that it was composed by its first abbot, Ainard, who was transferred there from Rouen with the mission of creating a Benedictine centre. The author argues that several determinants should help to reach the original Office, including the text about the healing oil oozing from the Saint's sarcophagus, which healed the gum disease of the superior of the monastery of St. Trinity, Isembert, which was witnessed by Ainard, one of the first promoters of the cult of St. Catherine.

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St. Catherine, Ainard, Notre Dame de St. Pierre-sur-Dives, Trinité-du-Mont

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Grajewski, C. (2022). In Search of the Ainard Office. Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings, 29(1), 50–62. https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2022.29.1.4

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Czesław Grajewski

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2692-8232

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Instytut Historii Sztuki Uniwersytet Kard. Stefana Wyszyńskiego, Warszawa Poland

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Prof. dr hab. Czesław Grajewski, dyrektor Instytutu Historii Sztuki i kierownik Katedry Kultury Artystycznej UKSW. Badania naukowe koncentruje wokół zagadnień źródłoznawczych oraz oficjów o św. Katarzynie Aleksandryjskiej.