Servatius & Servatii Translatio

Bishop of Tongeren, first bishop of Maastricht (he transferred the bishop's see from Tongeren to Maastricht), died ca 384.

Legend has is that he was a relative of Anna.

Natalis

Feast: 13 May.

Office

An office for Servatius is found in:
* Tongeren, O.L.V.-kerk: B-TO Ordinarius (Matins of 1 nocturn)
* Maastricht: O.L.V.-kerk and Servaaskerk (two forms: one with 9 antiphons for Matins, but only 3 responsories, and one with complete Matins of 3 nocturns)
* Aachen Dom: D-AAm G20 and other mss (Matins of 1 nocturn)
* D-X H 104 and other manuscripts of Stift St. Viktor in Xanten (1 nocturn office)
* Trier (Matins of 1 nocturn)

A smaller veneration is found in the summer antiphoner NL-DHk 73 E 8 of the Rijnsburg Abdij, fols. 89v-90v.

Outside the Low Countries and Rhineland: Quedlinburg, Kirnberg e.a. (see literature and CANTUS files).

Sequences

Several sequences for Servatius are known. Some are found in NL-DHk 71 A 4, fols. 181-183.
Seq. Audi precantes is in NL-M OLV 1970

Servatii translatio

Feast: 7 June. Celebrated in:

* Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk Maastricht, see the ordinal NL-DHk 71 A 13 of this church, fol. 97rb (triplex festum)
* Servaaskerk Maastricht
* Utrecht Mariakerk: see for instance NL-Uu 406 (fol. 144r-146r, 13th century addition), or the GB-Lbl Add. 9769, Liber Ordinarius

Literature

* R. de la Haye: Het middeleeuws officie van het hoogfeest van Sint Servatius te Maastricht
* Boeren p. 140-141 on the rank of this feast in Maastricht and Aachen
* Hughes' LMLO, referring to AH 5

A CD Middeleeuwse vespers van Sint Servaas in Maastricht, sung by the Schola Maastricht, conducted by Alphons Kurris, has been recorded in 1996.


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