Jun 17, 2007 13:37
16 yrs ago
German term
feierliche Erhebung der Gebeine
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From a brief account of the life of Die Heilige Elisabeth, Landgräfin von Thüringen (1206 1231), canonised 1227: Am 1. Mai 1236 fand die feierliche Erhebung der Gebeine der Heiligen in Anwesenheit von Friedrich II. statt.
I wasn't able to find much beyond "elevation of the bones" which didn't get many Google hits.
I wasn't able to find much beyond "elevation of the bones" which didn't get many Google hits.
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ceremonial disinterment of the bones
This was the last stage in the process of canonization. The saint's body was exhumed (the incorruptibility of the body was one possible criteria of sainthood) and the remains were reburied or even dismembered and distributed as holy relics.
Source: what I can remember from studying theology *smile*
Source: what I can remember from studying theology *smile*
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Gillian Scheibelein
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ceremonial exhumation of the bones
so they can make reliquaries or re-inter them somewhere else
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the remains were ceremoniously exhumed
There could well be a better way to express this. The Catholic Encyclopaedia uses "taking up of the body."
In August of the same year (1235) the corner-stone of the
beautiful Gothic church of St. Elizabeth was laid at Marburg; on 1 May, 1236, Emperor Frederick II attended the taking-up of the body of the saint; in 1249 the remains were placed in the choir of the church of St. Elizabeth, which was not consecrated until 1283.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05389a.htm
About a hundred years later, however, Swithun appears to have changed his mind, for Bishop Aethelwold reported that he had had visions which led him to transfer Swithun's body into the Old Minster. On 15th July 971, screens were placed round the grave and St. Swithun was ceremoniously exhumed without any noticeable resistance on his part, the bishop himself wielding the spade.
http://stgeorgesnews.org/2004/06f07.htm
In August of the same year (1235) the corner-stone of the
beautiful Gothic church of St. Elizabeth was laid at Marburg; on 1 May, 1236, Emperor Frederick II attended the taking-up of the body of the saint; in 1249 the remains were placed in the choir of the church of St. Elizabeth, which was not consecrated until 1283.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05389a.htm
About a hundred years later, however, Swithun appears to have changed his mind, for Bishop Aethelwold reported that he had had visions which led him to transfer Swithun's body into the Old Minster. On 15th July 971, screens were placed round the grave and St. Swithun was ceremoniously exhumed without any noticeable resistance on his part, the bishop himself wielding the spade.
http://stgeorgesnews.org/2004/06f07.htm
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Craig Meulen
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Susan Zimmer
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St. Swithun must have been an ornery chap.
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remains were exhumed ceremoniously
I'm not sure you want to use "bones" in this case. Usually "remains" are exhumed or raised.
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ceremonial elevation of the mortal remains
see link below
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Celebratory exhumation of the bones
I assume they wanted to put her in a place of honor. Even Friedrich II was there and it was an occasion for pious people to celebrate honoring this sainted person
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