Kapituła kolegiacka św. Mikołaja w Poznaniu na Zagórzu w latach 1728-1802. Struktura i skład personalny, posiedzenia, służba Boża

Abstrakt

The beginnings of the chapter of the collegiate church of St. Nicholas at Zagórze in Poznań date back to 1476-1484. It existed until the first years of the 19th century. In the years 1728-1802 the chapter consisted of a preposite and eight canons: four participating in the income and four expecting. From 1736 one of the four participating members was the preposite of the chapter. In this period the chapter was headed by four successive preposites and twenty one new canons were admitted who came mostly from the milieu of the lower ranks of cathedral clergy and the professorial staff of the Lubrański academy. The chapter procurator who was in charge of its income was elected at the chapter general for a one-year term at the end of which he had to present an account for the income and the expenses. General meetings were held shortly after Michaelmas and with some exceptions were summoned every year. Partial chapters should be held monthly but in fact were called rather rarely, on average once a year. Divine service - the principal purpose of the existence of the chapter - was celebrated throughout that period but in an extent reduced proportionally to smaller rents. At chapter meetings attention was drawn to diligence, promptness and piety in celebrating Divine service; for a time absentees were even punished with lower wages. All obligations - officia, anniversaries, votives - were performed personally or through substitutes