abstract:Boy bishop was a name given to a custom very widespread in the Middle Ages, whereby a boy was chosen, for example among cathedral choristers, to parody the real bishop, commonly on the feast of Holy Innocents. This custom was linked with others, such as that of the Feast of Fools and the Feast of Asses.
Abishopkeeps onsayingat the age of eighty what hewastold to say when he was a boy of eighteen, and as a natural consequence he alwayslooks absolutely delightful.
Asuncion, Paraguay (CNN) -- Paraguay's president, a former Roman Catholic bishop, has admitted he is the father of a 10-year-old boy, his attorney said.