Cities of God: The Religion of the Italian Communes 1125-1325

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 308 BuoniCattolici


The reconciled were now fully restored to the bosom of the church. All


present recited the Confiteor in preparation for the Mass, at which Hosts


would be consecrated for use over the next three days. There would be no


general Communion this day. And no other Mass would be celebrated from


now until the Easter vigil on Holy Saturday. Only at the morning Mass of


Easter Sunday would the reconciled take their place beside their neighbors


at Communion, receiving again their ‘‘rights’’ as Catholics and citizens of


the commune.^230



  1. But in Volterra, they received with the newly baptized at the vigil:Ordo Officiorum della cattedrale
    [volterrana], 120 – 21.

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