Boy bishop
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Boy bishop or Chorister Bishop is the title of a tradition in the Middle Ages, whereby a boy was chosen, for example, among cathedral choristers, to parody the adult bishop, commonly on the feast of H
Reputed tomb of a Boy bishop in Salisbury Cathedral in Wiltshire, England
19th-century depiction of a medieval boy bishop, attended by his canons
Feast of Fools
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The Feast of Fools or Festival of Fools was a feast day on 1 January celebrated by the clergy in Europe during the Middle Ages, initially in Southern France, but later more widely. During the Feast, p
Boy bishop
…cathedral choristers, to parody the adult bishop, commonly on the feast of Holy Innocents on 28 December. This tradition links with others, such as the Feast of Fools and the Feast of Asses. In England, the boy bishop was elected on the first Sunday of December, the feast of Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of children…
Fools' Convention, 1500, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Feast of Fools, Misericord carving in Beverley Minster, East Yorkshire