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IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 111: The Papacy, Rome, and Romanitas: Sessions in Memory of John Doran, I - Aspects of the Liturgy in Rome

Monday 7 July 2014, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:Ecclesiastical History Society / University of Chester
Organiser:Brenda M. Bolton, University of London
Moderator/Chair:Sarah Foot, Faculty of Theology & Religion, University of Oxford
Paper 111-aLiturgy and Patronage at Santa Maria Antiqua in the 8th Century
(Language: English)
Marios Costambeys, Department of History, University of Liverpool
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History
Paper 111-bThe Pallium in the Liturgy of Rome
(Language: English)
Steven A. Schoenig, Department of History, Saint Louis University, Missouri
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History
Abstract

Paper -a:
This paper argues that decorative programmes, effected at S. Maria Antiqua in the later 8th century, were responding to changes in liturgical practices that were themselves driven by the changing complexion of political cultural power in Rome during the pontificates of Paul I (757-67) and Hadrian I (772-95).

Paper -b:
Although much of the significance of the pallium in the Middle Ages came from its conferral by the pope on other bishops, it was also an essential element of the liturgy in the pope's own church. Indeed, it became such a desired honour in the wider Church because it was the foremost papal insigne, prominent in the ceremonies of the Roman church and steeped in the traditions of Peter's see. This paper will examine the pallium's role in the rites of Rome from Late Antiquity through the 12th century: how it played a key part in inaugurating the pope, how it was used in papal liturgies and processions, and how it was prepared for bestowal on other bishops.