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Station Days
Station Days. Certain days on which the Pope formerly celebrated Mass in one of the so-called ‘station churches’ in Rome. There is early evidence for the observance of stationes, but apart from the fact that such observance involved fasting, it is unclear what it consisted of. At Rome from the 4th cent. the solemnity was enhanced by processions of clergy and people from one church, called collecta, to the station church, where the Pope was to offer Mass. According to tradition it was Gregory I who assigned its special church to each of the station days. The Papal station Masses fell into disuse, especially during the exile of the Popes at Avignon, but traces of the custom survive in the indulgences attached to visits to the station churches.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Station Days." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Station Days." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-StationDays.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Station Days." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-StationDays.html |
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Station days
Station days. Certain days on which the pope formerly celebrated mass in the ‘stational’ churches (Lat., statio, ‘assembly’) in Rome. They became a part of Lent devotion, with processions headed by a relic of the True Cross. Today, a list of stational churches is published at the beginning of Lent, with the day of observance. Outside Lent, important ‘stations’ are St John Lateran for Easter, and St Mary Major for the Christmas midnight mass.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Station days." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Station days." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Stationdays.html JOHN BOWKER. "Station days." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Stationdays.html |
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