{"id":4152,"date":"2006-12-07T09:56:54","date_gmt":"2006-12-07T09:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/12\/boy-bishops.html"},"modified":"2006-12-07T09:56:54","modified_gmt":"2006-12-07T09:56:54","slug":"boy-bishops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/12\/boy-bishops.html","title":{"rendered":"Boy Bishops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A St. Nicholas day tradition, noted by a few bloggers:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/proecclesia.blogspot.com\/2006\/12\/festival-of-boy-bishop-6-december.html\">Jay Anderson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ofchoristers.net\/Chapters\/AppBoyBishop.htm\">A site linked by <\/a>Tom at <a href=\"http:\/\/rectaratio.blogspot.com\/2006_12_03_rectaratio_archive.html#116542172686464115\">Recta Ratio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In the Middle Ages the life of a chorister was harsh and severe. The daily routine was rigorous, food not over-plentiful and corporal punishment frequent. Thus one can imagine that once a year the prospect of feasts, power over their superiors and freedom to travel the diocese was looked forward to with the utmost expectation by these young boys. <\/p>\n<p>The dates of these festivities varied greatly from diocese to diocese. Some started on 6 December (<abbr title=\"Saint\"><\/abbr><span class=\"abbr\" title=\"Saint\">St<\/span> Nicholas Day) and others on 28 December (Holy Innocents Day). A few continued from 6 December to 28 December without break. <\/p>\n<p>The election of the Boy Bishop also varied from cathedral to cathedral. In some, the boys themselves elected their bishop but in others, especially as time went on, the bishop was elected by the clergy. He would be dressed in cope and mitre and carry a bishop&#8217;s crook and his fellows would be attired in colourful robes. <\/p>\n<p>This attracted enormous crowds to the cathedrals, all pressing to get a better view of the boys, also of the clergy descending from their accustomed seats and taking the lowest pews. During the exchanging of seats the canticle Magnificat was sung, also the office of Vespers during the ornate procession which wound its way round the whole cathedral with censers swinging in the light of many candles. After the service the boys would expect an enormous feast with wine. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gkupsidedown.blogspot.com\/2006\/12\/boy-bishop.html\">Dwight Longenecker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A St. Nicholas day tradition, noted by a few bloggers: Jay Anderson A site linked by Tom at Recta Ratio. In the Middle Ages the life of a chorister was harsh and severe. 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