Sanctuary
The term Sanktimoniale , Sanctimoniale , Latin sanctimonialis , derived from the Latin word "sanctimonia" ("chaste, holy way of life"), denoted a nun , consecrated virgin or a non-consecrated canon . The use of the word "Sanctimonialis" for a woman consecrated to God can be found at the latest in Augustine of Hippo .
As early as 813, at the Council of Chalon, a distinction was made between
- Sanctimoniales, quae sub monasticae regulae norma degunt (“spiritual women who live under the order of the monastic rule”) and
- sanctimoniales, quae se canonicas vocant ("spiritual women who call themselves canons ").
At the Imperial Synod of Aachen in 816 Emperor Ludwig the Pious created an extensive set of rules for canons with the Institutiones Aquisgranenses ("Aachen Rules") , in which the way of life of non- monastic sanctimonials ("collegiate ladies", "choir women", "canons") ) was further carried out and specified. Emperor Ludwig endeavored to reorganize the religious orders through a monastery reform. Abuses could also have been a reason for this new regulation.
Since it is not possible to determine historically in many historical women's communities whether they followed a monastic or some other rule, the term sanctimonials is used as a collective term in research.
Individual evidence
- ↑ De civitate dei XXII, 8.