The Rite of Church Dedication in the Early Medieval Era (review)
Richard F. Gyug
Medieval dedications of churches were dramatic liturgical ceremonies, high points in the history many communities, and opportunities to affirm relation Christian community its saints, locale, clerical hierarchy. Brian Repsher's study is a detailed analysis two important early witnesses medieval dedication ceremony, Ordo ad benedicendam ecclesiam (eds. Vogel Elze, Pontificale romano-germanicum, 40), which provides guide for conduct treatise Quid significent duodecim candelae (ibid., 35), comments on allegorical significance ceremony.
Catholic Historical Review