Collatio

The expression collatio (lat. From conferre : “gather together” or “come together”, thus: “gathering, putting together” or also “gathering, consulting, discussion”) denotes

• in the monastic usage of the Middle Ages the " Collationes patrum " of Johannes Cassianus († 430/435), in which he describes the life of the oriental monks in the form of a conversation and thus strongly influenced the ascetic ideas of medieval monasticism.
• in the monastic parlance of the Middle Ages, a light meal in the late afternoon, especially on fasting days .
• In Benedictine and Cistercian texts, an evening meeting of the convent after the work was done to clarify practical questions and to reflect. A drink can also be served and a chapter from the rule or from the writings of the “fathers” (for example from Cassian) can be read out and possibly explained by the abbot . Hence collatio can also designate this reading or this sermon .
• in the parlance of the mendicant orders a lecture or a disputation in the university.
• furthermore, the term was previously used for collation , and can then mean:
  • "Donation", cf. Collation (inheritance law)
  • “Granting an ecclesiastical office”, cf. Right of collation
  • “Comparison of different manuscripts”, cf. Collation (philology)

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.