Two priests bearing a monstrance from the Glenstal Book of Hours (15th century)
Thursday, March 1, 2018 - 18:00 to 19:00
An Foras Feasa Seminar Room, First Floor, Iontas, North Campus, MU
EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS
Dr Ó Clabaigh is a monk of Glenstal Abbey and a medievalist specialising in the history of religion and monasticism in late medieval Ireland.
Synopsis:
Although priests were central to church life in medieval Ireland, relatively little is known about them. This paper surveys the recruitment, training, career advancement and pastoral activity of medieval Irish clergy. It also examines the practicalities of life: clerical income, priests' residences, tithes and disciplinary structures. It concludes with a brief case study of a fifteenth-century breviary whose marginal notes shine light on how pastoral ministry was exercised in a medieval rural parish.