OBLATIONARIES OF SAINT AMBROSE. - This is also the name given to the 10 men and 10 women, elderly and secular, who make up the « Schola S. Ambrosii veglonum (vecchioni) et veglonissarum (vecchione) », called, in the 12th century, by Beroldus

« Ordo vetulorum et vetularum », existing at the cathedral of Milan to offer, on behalf of the people, the matter of the Holy Sacrifice.

The oldest man and the oldest woman of the « schola » held the title of prior and prioress. In turn, at solemn Masses, two vecchioni and two vecchione, escorted by their respective contratelli and consorelle, offered to the celebrant — the former at the foot of the altar, the latter at the doors of the choir — three hosts and white wine for the Holy Sacrifice. Today the offering is made, on feast days, by the vecchioni alone. The vecchione, for the time being, no longer exist.

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BIBL.: Beroldus sive Eccl. Amb. Mediol. Kalendarium et Ordines saec. XII, ed. M. Magistretti, Milan 1894, p. 52; Caeremoniale Ambrosianum iussu... Federici card. Borromaei... editum, ibid. 1619, pp. 244-51; Moroni, XLVIII, pp. 210-11; L. Duchesne, Origines du culte chrétien, 5th ed., Paris 1909, p. 207; J. A. Jungmann, Missarum sollemnia, II, Vienna 1948, p. 27.

A. Pietro Frutaz

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