SAINTS' DAYS AND OTHER MARKERS IN THE RITUAL YEAR
 

Monday, 23 April, 9 am – 5 pm
The Conference Room, 27 George Square, Edinburgh

 
You are welcome to attend without pre-registering.
The conference fee is £1 (or £2 for non-members); students free.  
Organiser, Emily Lyle – e.lyle@ed.ac.uk    
 
Programme
  
     
9.00 am Registration  
9.10 am John Davies:
The University of Edinburgh survey of dedications to saints in pre-Reformation Scotland. 		 
9.50 am

Eila Williamson:
The cult of the Three Kings of Cologne in late medieval and early modern Scotland.

 
10.30 am

10.30 Steve Boardman:
The cult of St George in late medieval Scotland.

  
11.00 am Tea/ Coffee  
11.30 am Greta-Mary Hair:
St Andrew and St Kentigern (Mungo):  Scotland's national and urban saints. 		 
12.15 pm Discussion of saints' days in Scotland.  
12.30 pm

Lunch

  
2.00 pm Mirjam Mencej:
Wolf days and wolf saints in Slavonic tradition.   		 
3.00 pm Tea / Coffee  
3.15 pm

3.15 Emily Lyle:
Computerised modelling of markers in the ritual year: problems and achievements.

 
4.00 pm Reception and music.  
5.00 pm Close