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A confraternity book or liber vitae is a medieval memorial book that records the names of people who have entered into a state of brotherhood with a church in some way, often by visiting it in the capacity of a pilgrim.

Confraternity books

The following is a list of some earlier medieval confraternity books:

  • Confraternity book of the Abbey of St Gall
  • Confraternity book of Reichenau Abbey
  • Confraternity book of St Peter's Abbey, Salzburg
  • Liber memorialis of Remiremont Abbey
  • Liber Vitae of the Imperial Abbey of Corvey
  • Liber Vitae of Durham
  • Liber Vitae of the New Minster, Winchester and Hyde Abbey
  • Liber Viventium of Pfäfers Abbey
  • Memorial and Liturgiecodex of San Salvatore

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