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Boy bishop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The custom of electing a boy-bishop on the feast of St. Nicholas dates from very early times, and was in vogue in most Catholic countries, but chiefly in England ... The custom of electing a boy-bishop on the feast of St. Nicholas dates from very early times, and was in vogue in most Catholic countries, but chiefly in...
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Reaching its height in the 16th century, the practice continued in some places until the 19th. Being a Boy Bishop for the church is a bit like being "mayor-for-a-day" with a full staff of young officials.
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Background to the Ceremony of the Boy Bishop ... The Bishop is escorted to his episcopal chair by the Canon in Residence and the Dean, and when they have reached their places, all remain standing as the Boy Bishop's procession enters the cathedral from the south-east transept in this order...
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; A medieval boy bishop, attended by his canons ... The boy bishop was given a supply of tokens to distribute to the poor. These could be redeemed for food and drink in local shops. The lead coin below, probably minted in Bury St. Edmund, depicts a bishop's mitre on the obverse (left) and a cross on the reverse.
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The Boy Bishop Ceremony ... Boy Bishop, Thomas Nichols, on his cathedra or bishop's seat. ... The ancient monastic ceremony of the Boy-Bishop was restored at Wymondham Abbey on Sunday 8th December 2002 after a break of several hundred years. Thomas Nichols was chosen from the Abbey Choir to be the Boy-Bishop.
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Introduction.--In die Innocencium sermo pro Episcopo puerorum.--Sermon of the child bishop, promownsyd by John Stubs, querester, on Childermas day, at Gloceter, ... Text Archive > American Libraries > Two sermons preached by the boy bishop at St. Paul's, temp. Henry VIII. [i.e. VII.] and at Gloucester, temp. Mary...
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Dec 12, 2009 ... Last year's Boy Bishop, Jon Paul Landon, now 18, ... The Boy Bishop was empowered to declare extra holidays, and to decree the distribution ...
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“But there is one monument of quite a unique character—to a chorister, or boy-bishop. (Fig. 1026.) It was discovered in the prelacy of Bishop Duppa, under the seats near the pulpit, and is now placed in the nave.
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