502 Index
wakes, 397 – 99 .See alsofunerals
Waldensians, 122 , 294
walls, city, 156
‘‘Washbowl of Pilate’’ (Santo Stefano, Bologna),
44 ,fig. 33
washing of the corpse, 395 – 96
washing of feet (Mandatum), 306 , 322
water, holy
benefits of, 348
blessing of, 329
death rituals using, 393 , 404 , 407
liturgical use, 111 , 161 , 250 , 255 , 304
private use, 203 , 348
processions with, 152 , 344 , 404
shrine use, 210 – 11
wax, 125 , 162 .See alsocandles
weights and measures, 24 , 94 , 121 ,fig. 41
widows, 70 , 153 , 400 – 413
Wild Man, Game of the, 279
wills, 10 , 386 – 88
communes enforce, 209
on deathbed, 390
of lay penitents, 77 , 97 – 98
wine, 210 – 11 , 412
women.See alsobrides; nuns; widows
confessions of, 286
funerals and mourning, 400 – 406 , 408 , 413
lay penitents, 97 , 187
literacy, 240 – 41 , 259 , 337 , 358
marriage, 142 – 45
at Mass, 250 , 254
mendicants and, 425 – 27
prayer life, 352 , 354 – 57 , 362 , 367
public appearances of, 142 , 280
wills of, 387 – 88
works of mercy, corporal and spiritual, 262 , 290 ,
340Zama of Bologna, St., 116
Zeno of Verona, St., 114 – 16 ,fig. 38
Zenobio, St., 120 – 21
Zita of Lucca, St.
commune and, 115
life, 181 , 193
Mass and, 249
offers candles, 161
prays for executed, 177
shrine and oil, 203 , 210
victory giver, 109
Zuccharo Bencivenni
on communion, 356
on dying, 382 – 83 , 385
on prayer, 350 – 52 , 357
on virtues and vices, 373 , 376