Schola Saxonumn.
/ˌskəʊlə sakˈsəʊnəm/, U.S. /ˌskoʊlə ˌsækˈsoʊnəm/ historical.
A hostel in Rome for the use of English pilgrims; = English school at school n.1 2.The Schola Saxonum was probably founded in the 8th cent. (according to tradition, by Ine, king of the West Saxons), and was one of several hostels for pilgrims from northern nations. It stood near St Peter's (on the site now occupied by the church of Santo Spirito in Sassia), and for over four hundred years (until its dissolution in 1201) was the centre of English pilgrimage to Rome (see further J. Champ Eng. Pilgrimage to Rome (2000) 25–32).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > lodging-place > temporary > for travellers, pilgrims, etc. > specific
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Schola Saxonum1823
1823 Monthly Rev. Oct. 149 Anastasius..mentions a Schola Saxonum at Rome as already existing in the year 800.
1839 W. J. Thoms Anecd. & Trad. iii. 117 (note) Much curious information relative to the origin of this tax, and its supposed connexion with the celebrated ‘Schola Saxonum’, as well as to the foundation of that institution, will be found [etc.].
1906 T. Hodgkin Hist. Eng. from Earliest Times to Norman Conquest xv. 855 A more obviously useful exercise of Ethelwulf's liberality was connected with the Schola Saxonum.
1956 P. Rickard Brit. in Medieval French Lit. ii. 46 King Ina of Wessex..founded the Schola Saxonum in Rome.
2005 J. Pollard Alfred the Great iii. 62 Having rested in the Schola Saxonum, the pilgrims had an opportunity to take in some of the sights of the city.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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