The succentor (from the Latin succentor, "one who sings for a second") in the ancient cathedrals was the one who sang the psalms, the precursors and the responses after the precenture. In English cathedrals today the priest responsible for liturgy and music is normally the precenture, but some of them, such as the Sao Paulo Cathedral in London and the Durham Cathedral, still have a succentor. The Westminster Abbey also maintains this tradition. The succentor is normally a minor canon. He was also one of the three priests who kept the keys of the cathedral. Among his other tasks there was: Notemodify wikitesto
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