Lendit

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In the Middle Ages, Lendit was a place of pilgrimage and a market on the plain of Saint-Denis north of Paris . The name comes from the Latin indictum , l'Endit, and denotes a fixed date.

Relics , especially passion relics, have been venerated here on St. John's Day ( June 24th ) since the time of the Carolingians . Since the 11th century, the pilgrimage to Lendit was one of the major events in the Paris region, in which the entire population took part.

Since the 10th century there has been an additional market in the abbey district of Saint-Denis, which was relocated to the village after 1048 and later became so important that for him from around 1110 on the plain between Saint-Denis, Saint-Ouen , Aubervilliers and La Chapelle in the north of Paris was needed. It lasted from the first Wednesday in June to June 24th, St. John's Day . In the 13th century, traders from all over northern France, the Netherlands and the Rhineland , who mainly traded woolen cloth, gathered here. Philip II laid down the rules of use in 1215 and stipulated that the stalls in Les Halles had to be closed during the market weeks . The Sorbonne covered its annual need for parchment here , and regardless of the lack of season, the last wine was sold. The proceeds from the market went to the Saint-Denis Abbey , which rented the stalls, and to the king, who levied a fee.

The importance of the Lendit market declined in the 15th century when permanent markets were established, especially in Paris.