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A galilee is a chapel or porch at the west end of some churches where penitents waited before admission to the body of the church. It was also where clergy received women who had business with them.
The first reference to this type of
A galilee is a chapel or porch at the west end of some churches where penitents waited before admission to the body of the church. It was also where clergy received women who had business with them.
The first reference to this type of narthex
The narthex is an architectural element typical of early Christian and Byzantine basilicas and churches consisting of the entrance or lobby area, located at the west end of the nave, opposite the church's main altar. Traditionally the narthex ...
is most likely found in the ''consuetudines cluniacensis'' of Ulrich, or the ''consuetudines cenobii cluniacensis'' of Bernard of Cluny
Bernard of Cluny (or, of Morlaix or Morlay) was a twelfth-century French Benedictine monk, best known as the author of ''De contemptu mundi'' (''On Contempt for the World''), a long verse satire in Latin.
Life
Bernard's family of origin and place ...
, (See ''De processione dominicali''). Since the definition of this type of narthex is ambiguous, this ecclesiastical
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