Abstract
I - The author sets out to examine the theory, which is based, in part, on a passage from the Itinerarium Egeriae, and which concerns the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, according to which the Martyrium is thought to have been the site of the first part of the Mass (the Liturgy of the Word), whereas the eucharistic rite was celebrated within the This thesis, favoured by liturgists, was generally applied to cathedrals. Most recent historiography, however, has demonstrated that, whereas the was celebrated within the Martyrium, a lengthened or repeated, oblatio took place within the Anastasis. In the second part of the article, the author, taking into consideration information from Jerusalem and Milan, and reasoning on the basis of wider considerations within the history of liturgy, attempts to demonstrate that even the double episcopal churches of Trier and Aquileia, from the time of the Constantinian Peace, corresponded to the double character of early Christian worship (Sund...
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