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From: "Stewart, Peter" <>
Subject: RE: Doug Richardsons old Biset post
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 13:04:13 +1000


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> I think normally the names following "pro anima" would be
> assumed to be dead, but I believe there's the odd example
> where this has not been the case (or has been argued not
> to be the case).

I think it was fairly common to name in "pro anima" clauses living people
who were expected to accrue some spiritual merit by association with the act
in question, and in many instances not to name dead relatives at all, but
rather to consider their souls included under pious formulations such as
"all other Christians living and dead" etc.

Peter Stewart

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